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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. I got my start programming on an old IBM XT; it was thanks to MUDs that I first discovered the internet. So much for timing. I will come back for more.

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. There continues to be an incredible demand out there for actionable, practical lessons in how to apply this emerging set of ideas. It was a fairly organic thing.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" My answer to that was to be part of the team whose whole is better that its individual parts as its mentioned in the article, a team leadership rather that a point leadership. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University. No logins, no codes, just raw uncensored internet access.

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

Here in Tampa, our biggest challenge is convincing the regions technology "leadership" that grassroots economic development is a good thing. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

The leadership art is to balance the needs of the present with the needs of the future. Too often, startup founders talk about how they are pushing to get to “critical mass&# and how “economies of scale&# are going to kick in. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) Market Awareness, Visionary Innovation, Focus (discipline), Leadership, Execution Always appreciate your perspective Eric. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.