Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Because I am true to the hiring practices I preach, I wanted a strong exec who would “ punch above their weightclass ” by taking a job they hadn’t yet done but would hugely aspire to and thus work harder to out perform. I told him that this had been a big theme for me for some time. So there you have it.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Along with Ben Rogmans – Saleduck’s CTO and co-founder, the two have spearheaded the movement towards expanding Saleduck in five countries within Southeast Asia and are now looking towards furthering the platform’s presence in more countries within the region. Looking for talent in the wrong places. Being too direct during meetings.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product. Where do you start?

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Board Effect

JANUARY 15, 2020

Many companies are now also hiring a CISO or CTO to fulfill their need for IT expertise. At some point, the tables may turn, and companies will be the ones that have trouble meeting compliance demands. Boards may opt for a single, centralized digital team approach or a customized governance model.

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 2, 2013

I have covered a couple of topics in this series, the first being hiring the best people and the second organizing for success based on the attributes of the people you are hiring. and more on point is that the best product is a result of what you learn from your customers, not what you think you should be doing.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: chief technical officer chief technology officer cto interim cto job description start-up startup cto web cto Weve been swapping some thoughts with Daniel Kehoe , a consulting CTO acquaintance of ours from across the pond. Some companies look for a more strategic or a more hands-on CTO.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Correction: Last week's CTO position at Modcloth is actually a San Francisco opportunity, not Pittsburgh. " Knewton ( www.knewton.com ) has developed the industry's first adaptive learning engine, customizing educational content to meet the individual needs of each student.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Scaling Companies To Watch (ie: probably hiring). Gemvara - Online retailer for customized jewelry. Dataxu - Demand Side Platform for Real Time Ad Buying. Just hired Yahoo’s VP Media Sales. Worked with.

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SVPG

AUGUST 21, 2013

However, if your team needs training, it''s likely that your buyers (your CTO, VP Engineering or VP Product) may not have experience with hiring Agile trainers or coaches, so the purpose of this article is to try to help true product companies select effective Agile trainers and coaches. Much of it is still IT (internal) or custom.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Meaning that most new SaaS startups we see are, in fact, nascent and therefore are trying to create their own demand, which requires a lot of evangelism and education. For example, the network effects between the Associated Press and their many newsroom customers have existed for a long time prior to us coming along.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Once again, we led each of these rounds at slide deck stage and helped land the first handful of customers to accelerate path to product market fit and their Series A rounds. ABM/Demand Gen), Richard Crowley (Slack, Ops Architect), Misha Brukman (JanusGraph, co-founder). First check to seed?—?congrats

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

I am the co-founder and CTO of the digital health care company incentaHEALTH. All of this is delivered electronically each day in the form of a daily meal plan from a dietitian and a custom workout routine from a Certified Personal Trainer. Tell us your story: . Hi, I’m Todd. It’s maddening for the consumer to navigate.

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SVPG

OCTOBER 14, 2014

” We were big practitioners of what we now call Customer Development, and our customer was typically the IT organization of large companies. I remember being immediately struck by how different we designed and built technology, versus how our customers did. In any case, the Internet happened. 2) Passion. 3) Requirements.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Scaling Companies To Watch (ie: probably hiring). Gemvara - Online retailer for customized jewelry. Dataxu - Demand Side Platform for Real Time Ad Buying. No agenda, just come by and talk tech at Voltage.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Slack improves on team chat by integrating automated messages from other communication services, such as bug reports or tweets from customers. Shyp is a mobile app that provides on-demand packaging and shipping. See also: Inside Slack: How A Billion-Dollar Email-Killer Gets Work Done.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) While I was still in high school, I became a Java "expert" during a time when there was no such thing. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

The second is that the retailers were constrained by their high costs of local real estate and service staff relative to the costs of centralized warehouses where goods could be stacked high, sorted by robots, managed by RFIDs and then shipped via overnight to eager, cost-conscious customers across the US. 10x the experience.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Your Customers are Not Who You Think For years I thought this “million unit chip sale by accident&# was a “one-off&# funny story. That is until I saw that in startup after startup customers come from places you don’t plan on. Your board nods sagely at your target customer list.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. Getting sidetracked with all the ‘could-bes’ was cited numerous times as a contributor to failure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

So, we actually took the original live customer application, converting their live video dating application. But I think the, I just quickly adapted and I realized it wasn't just about writing software, things like customer service, marketing growth, those ideas were. So, that's how I came to Silicon Valley in the first place.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). Add Comment • Dec 7, 2010 View All 2 Comments Cannot add comment at this time.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

It means they have to deal with finances and customers and investors and other things that aren’t what they love to do, which is building software. I absolutely want cofounders when the time comes. These traits of a software engineer are always in demand by a great number of companies. Business people have it tougher.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

So yes, I want to hire somebody with really high IQ and EQ but not somebody who is more knowledgeable at your specific skill set than you are. I honestly believe I learned more by rising up the ranks and becoming the president of my fraternity than I did in the class room reading about supply & demand curves in economics.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As a result, there is a much bigger supply of these people than there are of founders who can get a company to the point of hiring some early employees. Many startups these days are first-time entrepreneurs. They've got a handful of customers, maybe a few thousand users, and some initial traction. I'm always su.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. However, I do spend a lot of time daydreaming. Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Ability to sell and evangelize the idea to recruits, press, customers.

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