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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Own the development methodology - in a traditional product development setup, the VP Engineering or some other full-time manager would be responsible for making sure the engineers wrote adequate specs, interfaced well with QA, and also run the scheduling "trains" for releases. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. I help lead the Engineering Leadership SIG at SDForum and wonder if you would be interested in speaking to our group about lean starups. hope to hear from you.

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Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

Startup Lessons Learned

The leadership art is to balance the needs of the present with the needs of the future. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? My career has been full of " student body right " moments, where the whole team is suddenly forced to change direction. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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How To Make it In Mobile: New Customer Experience Research & Trends For 2015

YoungUpstarts

Essentially, mobile product development and device-appropriate customer experience design are converging; people are spending more time on their mobile devices than ever before and expect more from their interaction with businesses. To learn more about this survey and Comrade, visit [link]. [1]

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

Here in Tampa, our biggest challenge is convincing the regions technology "leadership" that grassroots economic development is a good thing. That fostering and encourage entrepreneurs to bring companies and products to market is a great source of innovation, job creation, etc. January 2, 2009 11:54 AM Daniel Davie said.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. MUDs made the essential truth about software into a powerful metaphor: that code is magic, giving those who wield it the ability to create new forms of value literally out of thin air. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

We started in North Carolina eating BBQ and enjoying the Southern culture, went through Washington D.C