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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. Platform selection and technical design - if your business strategy is to create a low-burn, highly iterative lean startup, youd better be using foundational tools that make that easy rather than hard. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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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.) This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out. I would love to have an effective CTO or VP of Engineering to manage me.

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

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She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. WiW San Francisco is hosting an exclusive SF launch event, "MOBILE IS THE NEW BLACK", an evening of networking with other innovative women from leading mobile and wireless companies at The Rotunda, San Francisco. New York, New York.

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CEO Friday: Why we donโ€™t hire.NET programmers

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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 am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite.

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