CTO Hire Finance Founder Lean 
Hunter Walker
JUNE 7, 2014
Hiring Has Changed: Before the press was a way of generating interest for hiring. Founders are building small, focused teams based on people they worked with previously and referrals from their networks. Contrast this to just a few years ago when it seemed every startup was jumping up and down to shout about their initial raise.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
“Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? “Lean” is great in the early days but if you discover an attractive market opportunity you need to get “fat” really quickly or somebody else will. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. Growth, again. It is VC math, like it or not.
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Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Guest Post by Misti Yang, Writer for Lean Startup Co. Editor’s Note: We wrapped up the 2017 Lean Startup Week in San Francisco just a few weeks ago, and we’re excited to share with you some of the best lessons learned in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. Because these Lean Startup people, they do crazy stuff,” Alex joked. “So
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 27, 2010
I mean, you don’t have to build an actual business—you can just mimic the movements and demonstrate something that looks like a startup on paper, without any of the necessary risk taking, lessons learned or even a fraction of the effort—all the stuff that investors like to see. No revenues, no costs. It was easy peasy.
rob.by
MARCH 8, 2012
He begins by explaining how he arrived at his conclusion: I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder – a software engineer who works for no cash – to help me build my dream website. Twelve months into my startup journey I had four half-built websites that had been built by my four ex-technical co-founders.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. The business model.
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