Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. And it launched this author’s career and taught me everything I know about sales, marketing, hiring, firing, fund raising and so on.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Dec 26, 2009). Every time I see my graduate students try to teach for the first time, it’s usually so painful I bite my lip.

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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. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years.

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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? ) 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. January 2, 2009 8:54 AM mancjew said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

You need an overarching vision and goal but just try to get to the next level, one iteration or sprint at a time. April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid. July 15, 2009 11:18 PM markmontgomery said. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Call it facts for hire. It would be a bit like the hired gun in the old west, but more suited for today’s times. You got it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Supercomputers get Personal Back in Sunnyvale my friend had not only been hired but had convinced the team that we should be building hardware – making a new class of computers not a software application. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He We’re building a supercomputer.” Future posts will have some Ben stories.

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konamoxt.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

January 18, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To Hire a CTO Before Founding Konamoxt, my last gig was the Chief Technology Officer for a local Seattle Startup. Mr. Startup CEO, I’m here to tell you, you can’t afford to hire a CTO. Can you help us make sure this candidate would make a good CTO?&#

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009. “Everybody felt the burden of supporting all those transactions every day,&# says Pascal-Louis Perez, kaChing’s CTO. “It took a ton of our time, and just wasn’t contributing to our long term vision.&# The result?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. As the CTO/VP Engineering, I was the worst offender. June 22, 2009 12:26 PM Anonymoussaid.

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konamoxt.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

January 21, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To NOT Hire a CTO As I mentioned in my last post, one of the many things I do as an entrepreneur is to advise other start up companies. One of the common requests I get as an adviser is the help interview and vet potential CTO candidates. This is critical! this story.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 7, 2009 Fear is the mind-killer Fear is an emotion that slows teams down. For people we hired from larger companies especially, this was challenging. link] May 11, 2009 9:04 PM Ian Wilson said. May 11, 2009 9:42 PM Artem said. May 11, 2009 10:12 PM Nicholas Kormas said.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&#

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Worst of all, your teammates are constantly wanting to have meetings.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Joel is focused on the fact that in many environments, programmers are considered "just the hired help" akin to manual labor, and not treated properly. February 14, 2009 11:12 PM Eric said. Thanks for stopping by, Eric February 27, 2009 9:07 PM dan said. May 15, 2009 1:17 AM neocoder said. has it a newer edition?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

May 12, 2009 7:42 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Sure, Id be delighted to.

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devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters with 5 comments The Boulder CTO Lunch meets once a month with a guest speaker and covers topics and questions that startup CTOs should find interesting. The Role As a CTO, you paint a landscape of the product and market. There are two kinds of CTOs: tactical and visionary.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

March 26, 2009 6:15 PM Will said. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Its not ready for production yet (its missing nice reporting), but it goes to show theres no reason NOT to implement and start using something like this ASAP.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Thank yo u January 3, 2009 4:07 PM BillSeitz said. May 8, 2009 2:27 PM Eric said. May 8, 2009 2:39 PM VictusFate said. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Where can one get it, and for how much?

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

If that’s you, by all means hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies – and ignore the rest of this post. Little did they know, that he was also the CTO and the person responsible for making all tech decisions Folklore has some interesting stories about Burrell Smith ( [link] ).

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Were trying to put some of these "its the system, stupid" ideas into practice on NileGuide (www.nileguide.com) April 28, 2009 9:19 PM Jake Faris said. September 3, 2009 12:25 PM Omar Ead said. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Update: PDF version for "lazy linux users" and others who love freedom. Labels: agile , continuous deployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

September 25, 2009 5:23 PM jchunter said. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Can you elaborate on having customers periodically produce a "state of your company" progress report? Thanks Eric, your blog has many golden nuggets!!!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2021

Since the release of Windows Server 2009 and subsequent launches, there are some updates to protected logins now, including: i). Onboarding goes beyond hiring new employees. Passing the employee’s details to the IT department to notify them of the new hire is half the battle. Image source ).

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

April 22, 2009 1:26 PM Paul May said. Paul | twitter: @paulmay May 3, 2009 1:48 PM Trace Cohen said. First time here so this question doesnt apply as I havnt read any other posts of yours (yet!). May 4, 2009 6:36 PM acheekymonkey said. November 20, 2009 5:31 AM Andy said. October 1, 2008 2:53 PM Chris Hopf said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Apache with Django and mod_wsgi » Posted by Aidan, 6 th July 2009. Share this: chief technical officer chief technology officer cto interim cto job description start-up startup cto web cto Weve been swapping some thoughts with Daniel Kehoe , a consulting CTO acquaintance of ours from across the pond.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Correction: Last week's CTO position at Modcloth is actually a San Francisco opportunity, not Pittsburgh. We are one of the fastest growing game and kid sites in 2009, according to comScore. If you know of senior level business and technical professionals looking for exciting startup opportunities, they can sign up here: [link].

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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. omissions/lies on the part of founders & investors. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

April 27, 2009 10:55 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?)

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

When we created Yeeply in 2012 we were sure IT hiring was going to be all about freelancing platforms and remote work. When I first incorporated my company back in 2009, the lawyers I had contracted with to trademark the company name and logo desperately tried to convince me to change the name.

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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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