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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? 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.

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8 ways to incorporate customer feedback into your startup’s strategy

The Next Web

One of the worst things a successful young startup can do once it actually starts generating reliable revenue is to ignore the people who made that happen in the first place: its customers. Utilize Support-Driven Development. We focus on customer feedback through support-driven development. Chad Halvorson , When I Work.

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4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Ignore From the Steve Jobs Formula

ReadWriteStart

Every product is built in isolation and while the details of Apple's product development process are not that "open" either from what I've heard often engineers don't even have a full picture of the product they are building. This also doesn't work for a Startup. The Steve Jobs Formula and Why It Works.

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Hard lessons lead to success – the story of RealLead

Up and Running

” After her first tech startup dissolved in 2009 (costing her a significant amount of money), she knew she needed some time to figure out what her next venture would be. “The timing was perfect,” she says, and now she’s CEO of a new tech company and enjoying the startup experience once again.

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Lessons Learned: Continuous deployment and continuous learning

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s also not a new technique here, we’ve been practicing continuous deployment for years; far longer than I’ve been a member of this startup. But, unfortunately, startups cant afford to adopt that standard. Luckily, Chad Austin has recently weighed in with an excellent piece called 10 Pitfalls of Dirty Code.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

I definitely agree you shouldn’t get caught up on the URL , as there are endless ways of getting a good url to relate well to your biz or product. However, I do think a good amount of thought should be put in to the name of a product or biz. it should relate to your product directly or indirectly. 27 Apr 10. 27 Apr 10.

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CXL Live 2018 Recap: Top 5 Lessons from Each Speaker

ConversionXL

When not to use AI – when you’re a small startup – first figure out your market; if you don’t have internal or external people who come up with ideas. Chad Sanderson – The Statistical Pitfalls of A/B Testing. Be agile, move at the speed of business, don’t hold up product development.

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