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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? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim."

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. It is written using the information that the company voluntarily shared, and therefore reflects their current thinking and recollections. It was written by Sarah Milstein in collaboration with kaChing CEO Andy Rachleff.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

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Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) Eric, I landed upon your blog when I was searching for the path to CTO a couple of months back and I have been a frequent to the site since then. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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I originally thought I might get some development process tips (I manage developers), but I find that Im really enjoying your business tips (SEM, listening to customers, etc.). I agree with the other comments, more information on yourself and what topics youll focus on would be helpful. More of the same. So why you?

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

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Those rates gave us a map that told us a lot about our customers; insights that proved stable even when the company grew orders of magnitude bigger. Only much later did I realize that this was an application of customer development to online marketing. Thanks so much for sharing this information.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

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They cant present much information, unless you take the box off the shelf and look at it. Im on the team that released one of the Taxi apps, and we agree that the "SEO" and placement on the App Store can sometimes leave users with insufficient or inaccurate information to make decisions. Hey Eric, very interesting post.

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You don't need as many tools as you think

Startup Lessons Learned

Accurate - if youve ever been managed by task-tracking software, youll relate to the feeling that you either have to spend ludicrous amounts of time posting updates or the information goes stale. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?