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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Experienced entrepreneurs We’ve got speakers who are justifiably respected by a lot of entrepreneurs. He was a very early employee of Facebook , and engineering director there through the moment it blew up. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth. He’ll bring us real-world advice.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. I feel reminded of one of Jerry Weinberg's laws of consulting: Regardless of what it might look like at first, it's always a people problem. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Id really prefer he had hired a VP of Engineering, or whoever that can manage me effectively.) I would love to have an effective CTO or VP of Engineering to manage me.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Consequently, I either needed a tech co-founder or to pay someone to develop the product.