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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" I always assumed I wouldnt manage anybody. Being a manager didnt sound fun - deep down, who really wants to be held accountable for other peoples actions? So I wound up learning the discipline of managing other people.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, by making this button green, did more people click on it? That green button was part of a customer flow, a series of actions you want customers to complete for some business reason. It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

May 16, 2009 1:52 PM Todd Green said. You can find out more at: manning.com/sande Many thanks in advance, Todd -- Todd Green Manning Publications Co. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Hello Eric, Great post. Good Post.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders. I think the benefits are a no-brainer. 2gov.org will take care of the rest.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

In the old days, the brand manager of a consumer packaged goods product had to spend energy inferring the effectiveness of their television ads through a combination of trailing indicators (like market share) or time-consuming market research. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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More video "what to do if customers don't like your (initial.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lawrence Green Thanks for reading, listening, and watching. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Long pause.

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Lessons Learned: Continuous integration step-by-step

Startup Lessons Learned

My manager, part of the QA group, gave me a tour of a site and we entered a huge depressing warehouse stacked full with cubes. Generally, if all tests pass, its happy (a green build) and if any tests fail, it will notify you by email. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.