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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

They seek the 80/20 economical solution, present options, and discuss tradeoffs. “A They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. A CTO is in the business of scale, for whatever an organization has as its core metrics. They will review and negotiate all related contracts.

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Take 5 minutes to help other Austin entrepreneurs and vote in the SXSW Panel Picker!

Austin Startup

Design Sprints Done Right: Creating Lasting Change LightSpeed Prototyping: A Collaborative Workflow This presentation will be a live tutorial demonstrating how designers at Voltage Control rapidly synchronize work during design sprints. The presentation will begin as if we were starting off prototyping a small app about design sprints.

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

When you look through the list , you’ll see big names that we’re very pleased we landed, epic companies we really want to hear from, and people we’re particularly excited to present because they have incredible stories to share--and you won’t hear them anyplace else. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth.

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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. I feel reminded of one of Jerry Weinberg's laws of consulting: Regardless of what it might look like at first, it's always a people problem. I mean, have you seen other people? They might do anything ! But along the way, something strange happened.

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

www.women2.org

She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. This is the first course in a five course series featuring the Valleys leading minds on Customer Development and Metrics. For more info and to register, click here. Santa Clara, CA.

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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 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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