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JUNE 27, 2015

I would argue that two of the most importance competencies in building great product organizations, indeed nearly any significant organizational undertaking, are leadership and management. And sadly there are many that have never experienced strong leaders or strong managers. Management gets you to that destination.

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JULY 16, 2017

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, you probably won’t find a partner who will satisfy you. Does not need to be managed.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). So why did Larry need to return?

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JUNE 29, 2011

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, you probably won’t find a partner who will satisfy you. Does not need to be managed.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

For example, if a chief executive officer manages the daily operation, a chief entrepreneur heads up innovation efforts. And the chief entrepreneur has a staff of chief portfolio manager, chief venture capitalist, and chief risk officer, right? So that gives us two different management structures for these two different portfolios.”

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, you probably won’t find a partner who will satisfy you. Does not need to be managed.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A startup team is an untapped reservoir of world-changing ideas and powerful entrepreneurial energy, but only with great leadership will this collective ingenuity come to light. It’s what he expects of himself and his team, and it vividly illustrates that they’re part of something extraordinary, even ludicrous. Inspiration.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

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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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. If you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, you probably won’t find a partner who will satisfy you. Does not need to be managed.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You'll be responsible for the successful management of the sales organization in order to meet the objectives of the Company. You will initially spend majority of time personally working with individual accounts and coaching sales team. You make it happen.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Over the past few years, it has become relatively acceptable to work with a leadership coach and investors typically have a handful of good coaches in their rolodex ready to support and develop young founders. Yet even with this rise in popularity, leadership development is still primarily limited to CEOs and select executives.

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blog.chrisomeara.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Chris OMeara Main | Probing Code Quality » 01/31/2010 Startup CTO: Could It Work? A CEO friend of mine recently asked my opinion about Tony Karrers Startup CTO or Developer article. I think the part time CTO could work. They tend to know where to find good help in terms of employees and consultants.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? Some companies have a CTO focused on operations under the CIO.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Who will do that?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

In my last post, I mentioned that you should strive to hire people with the right kind of ambition. Curious why should an employee be motivated first by a company’s success? Why should senior managers have the right kind of ambition? As an employee, why would I want to work long hours to advance the career of my manager?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

One of my favorite episodes who should be your first hire, what's your funding plan, Dr. Lisa Cravin shares her top advice from building spotlight oral. One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Ever met a CTO/VP Engineering or CEO/CTO? leadership) problem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

In a few cases, they are clearly smart people in a bad situation, and Ive written about their pain in The product managers lament and The engineering managers lament. The last thing you need is a manager telling you how to do your job. Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Or atleast 40% of the time you are a true Analysis Ninja, even if 60% of the time you are a glorified Reporting Squirrel! 2) You might have some project / task management experience, your leadership experience is limited to that. Do you like managing people? Project Manager. And so on and so forth.

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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? ) 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. So much for timing.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Run & Grow Run and Grow Your Business Home Human Resources Leadership Innovation Growth Strategies Business Management Travel Innovation Play Video Docstocs Jason Nazar on Fostering Innovation (Video). Product Reviews Mindjet Connect Helps Small Businesses Visualize and Manage Projects. What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 21, 2017

It’s an important quote for employees and business owners to internalize, because a company is people working toward success. 8 – You cant change the world working part time. You can’t change the world working part time. In the knowledge economy, your employees are your greatest asset.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He started Stackify to solve the biggest challenge he had as the CTO of VinSolutions, so Matt, thanks for joining me. I was that hired gun in some senses. Would you say that that proved true for you that that idea of managing people was a hard skill to learn? It’s definitely, it’s the hardest part.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. I was fortunate to get some thoughtful input from the leadership of DarwinApps , Casual Corp , Coventure , HappyFunCorp , OAB Studies , and World Accelerator. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

So, and then the second thing is like, occasionally, a lot of people would assume I'm a technical, like CTO of a company. I mean, I think that's one thing that people miss often is that leadership is a philosophy, it's a set of principles. I would feel most stressed in the first couple minutes of discussion. ER : Yeah, of course.

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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. surrendered market leadership and thought leadership. #12 During this year they.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Jono Bacon: So in the business world, when you can get your team to collaborate together and to work together and everybody feels connected by the mission of the business, then you tend to get happier, more effective, more proactive employees. This is part of what we do. It’s part of the product.” Jono Bacon: Right.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. Expensify Blog. Some additional comments at the end.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

They can make good money consulting or working as an employee of another company. If you start framing the technology solution, then you’re not looking for a CTO or a tech co–founder, you’re looking for a contractor or employee to implement that solution, which is perfectly fine if you know what you’re doing.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? The code behind airline reservations, visa transactions, and warehouse management systems, really did change the world beyond all recognition. Let's assume (for the sake of the argument) that I'm a complete failure at entrepreneurship and management. Rockstar v.

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