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Just Make It Faster

Feld Thoughts

As a user, how often have you thought “I wish this web service was faster.&# As a CEO, how often have you said “just make it faster.&# Or, more simply, “why is this damn thing so slow?&#. We were working on a logistics project with a management consulting firm for one of the largest retail companies in the world.

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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. Massive proprietary databases? Was it an important or irrelevant fact that most of our web code was procedural and not object-oriented? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. I mean, have you seen other people? I dont think so.

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

blog.expensify.com

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. I was just looking at your web site. I am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. March 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm.

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