Developer Fractional VPE Internet Lean 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.”
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering.
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Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out. There is terrible gender bias in our profession, but thats a subject for another day.
blog.expensify.com
APRIL 24, 2012
Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Alcides Fonseca.
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