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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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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. Spend time building investor relationship long before you raise money. . In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Thor Ernstsson is the founder of Alpha UX , a product validation company serving real-time user insights to Fortune 500 product managers. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. Help identify key technologist and product hires to transition in-house (week 13 onward, however this can take 1 year).

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15 Female Entrepreneurs Share What Changes They Would Most Like to See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

We have so many organizations that touch the home, yet in order to manage and run my home, I need to touch so many different types of companies. And many of these companies are not closely aligning their products and solutions to address the homeowner and how to make it easier to access data and solutions to manage my home.

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What is TheFunded Founder Institute?

Startup Company Lawyer

Joe Betts-LaCroix – CTO, OQO. Jen Shelby – Managing Director, Astia. Hiring and Firing. July 14th, 2009: Implement hiring policies and practices. Description: When to hire and when to fire? How to hire the best vendors for the best rates. Warrants and Bonus Pool. Russ Fradin - CEO, Adify.

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“Regardless of who is in the White House, we have work to do from the bottom up and from the outside in” – Five Questions With Jennifer Pahlka of Code for America

Hunter Walker

It turned out that a lot of talented developers, designers, product managers, and entrepreneurs found that really compelling, and now hundreds of them have jumped in and started swimming. He had part time help from one or two of the other fellows.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

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. And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.)

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