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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. What made them exceptional?

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Lessons Learned: Continuous deployment and continuous learning

Startup Lessons Learned

Nobody gets here overnight, but every step along the way has made us better developers. Our tests suite takes nine minutes to run (distributed across 30-40 machines). They’ll increase code quality, prevent defects and educate your developers. It would be hard to argue against this product development strategy, in general.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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3d - developer, designer and distributor. You can argue that the DNA created by Microsoft's over emphasis on distribution (Steve) and development (Bill), has ultimately cost it $50bn or more in lost revenue, market share and market capitalization. They are many more examples.