Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. They''ve been in talks with some consulting companies, but don''t quite the know the criteria for evaluating them and things like references(and where to get them). What do they do after the web site is launched? Are they asking good questions?

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Business Plan Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

In order to be a successful tech startup, the team must consist of a Chief Technical Officer (CTO) level member to help with the technology plan. This is generally achieved in one of the following ways: CTO Level Co-Founder (Equity). CTO Level Board Member or dedicated Adviser (Free or Equity).

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SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. You can’t afford and don’t want to hire a full-time CTO or architect. For me, if I can help you within a couple hours Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions , I’m happy to do that and I don’t expect compensation or equity for that.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

You open Photoshop before you consult your to-do list because there’s something you just need to tweak. Consider: Would you rather get hired as the CTO of a company with 1,000 daily new, unique, qualified visitors with no product, or the CTO of a company with a stable product and 10 uniques visits to the home page?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

By Trevor Sumner, Chief Technology Officer of LocalVox. Of course, this can be quite time consuming and so it makes sense to hire an intern to do this or to use a software platform that does this automatically for you. You can also get creative. It also built a lot of links for traditional SEO. Trevor Sumner.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Majid Abai, CEO of Pringo Majid Abai is the Chief Executive of Pringo, Inc. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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blog.aparttimecto.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A Part-Time CTO Technology. This is especially true of web based companies, whose product consists of mainly a web site and very little more. For many companies, their web site is their lifeblood. Communication - Hiring a technical employee early on can sometimes result in a founder developer gap.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

If you can harness the knowledge, natural enthusiasm, and peer influence of your very best customers — I call them “Rock Star” customers — they’ll market, sell, and help develop breakthrough products for your firm better than your internal resources can do, and often at a fraction of the cost. But it does require some new thinking.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

One of them is serving a critical role in a new Norse service offering in Web security." Our plan is to have seven figure revenues and be profitable by Q3, in addition to to seven new hires by end of the year," he says. Our customer base pipeline is growing as we're in the process of closing several contracts.

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The Next Web

MARCH 10, 2013

This is a guest post by Chris Hollindale, co-founder and CTO of Hasty. I used to work as a consultant in London, where I despised filling in timesheets. Workflowy (Web & iOS; free). MyFitnessPal (Web, iOS & Android; free). Hasty is a seed-funded stealth startup whose mission is to improve the health of humanity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

(Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

The objective of the conference was to understand how APIs will power the next great web and mobile companies and share some best practises in understanding when to use APIs or not and how can API company best market to developers. gathered at the event. It is not very polished but was designed for a fast read.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Beware the new hire who has "extensive experience" in startups or big companies - using a different growth driver. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Ever met a CTO/VP Engineering or CEO/CTO? Adamac Attack! Yeah me neither.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). PITCH 2010 Finalists (Web Track) Pitch Live on November 4, 2010 @ 7pm.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

What key hires do you need? The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). PITCH 2010 Finalists (Web Track) Pitch Live on November 4, 2010 @ 7pm.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

AMAZON WEB SERVICES. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications. Web Developer. IT staffing, consulting and software development services. Snow Creek Technology Law PS. We have considerable experience with early, mid and late stage technology businesses, both as inside and outside counsel. Contact Us.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

They can make good money consulting or working as an employee of another company. If you start framing the technology solution, then you’re not looking for a CTO or a tech co–founder, you’re looking for a contractor or employee to implement that solution, which is perfectly fine if you know what you’re doing.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

I had always wanted to do consulting but was waiting until my son went off to college. After being laid-off (again), I started a sales consulting business helping tech start-ups build, grow, and coach their sales teams. We will be hiring people with mental and physical disabilities in the near future. 5- Two reasons.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

He is a community and collaboration strategy consultant, advisor and speaker. I’ve got a web product. Jono Bacon: Because the companies that tend to fail in this is they hire a community manager and that community manager essentially acts as like an ambassador to the community. This is John Jantsch. They answer a question.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

ColdFusion occupied a niche for rapid web development since the late 90s, and its legacy consists of around ten very vocal agencies and developers, some of whom are moving slowly to.NET. Languages like Tcl -- which powered Vignette s CMS products in the dotcom heyday -- are now rather unusual in web development.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Hire slow, fire fast” is not only overused–it’s also complete b t.” Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link].

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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.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Just change it.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. Along the way, I was hired full time (I believe about 8 months after I started), a coder from India was hired and another contractor was added to the team. You’d have to look at your stock options contract.

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Startup Advice: Lessons Learned from Building a Development Team View What links here Posted by Fan Bi on July 19th, 2009 Over the past few months, I’ve explored a bunch of different ways to develop a website without a web developer on the Blank Label team. On a bootstrapped budget free is great.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2017

He is the Founder and CEO of ONTRAPORT, an award-winning web-based sales marketing and business automation software platform. John Jantsch: You have always been the CEO of an award-winning web-based sales marketing and business automation software platform so give us your story. My guest today is Landon Ray. It is my pleasure.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. I can count on one hand the number of people I’ve met in New York meetups and events that fit this description.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Very few web sites or other start-ups will have the same impact. (I "Very few web sites or other start-ups will have the same impact." Rockstar v.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager’s cognitive-computing, deep-insights platform assesses billions of publicly available, unstructured data points to provide insights for its clients in finance, retail and consulting. Chen Zamir is the company’s CTO and former Intelligence officer in the IDF as well as Paypal risk manager.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

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. I was just looking at your web site. Expensify Blog.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. Or, perhaps theyll create an opening for another web platform to start a new cascade. But by the time I was building my first websites for commercial use , PHP had taken over.

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