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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Navy’s was called CSAW ( Communications Supplemental Activity Washington ) also known as OPS-20-G. Dual-Use Technology As the war was winding down, the leadership of the Navy Computing Machine Lab in OPS-20-G was thinking about how they could permanently link commercial, academic and military computing science and innovation to the Navy.

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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. My answer to that was to be part of the team whose whole is better that its individual parts as its mentioned in the article, a team leadership rather that a point leadership. I mean, have you seen other people? They might do anything !

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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.) Without requiring a lot of meetings, it changes the perspective of the team (and its leadership) from fire-fighting to prevention. Thats the ultimate task for the companys technology leadership.