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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Product Management

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. A CTO can help you find the right answers. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap. It might be.

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Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze)

Lenny Rachitsky

He’s most recently the author of Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs , hailed by Steve Wozniak as the “Bible for entrepreneurs.” He’s also founded nine other companies, been on the board of 20 companies, and advised more than 50 companies.

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The GitLab way: Kindness, transparency, and short toes | David DeSanto (CPO)

Lenny Rachitsky

The company shares internal meetings on YouTube, maintains a public issue tracker for projects, and provides a 2,000-page handbook detailing their operational procedures. This dedication to transparency has enhanced user trust and encouraged community engagement, retention, and growth.

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Succeeding as an introvert, building zero-to-one, and why you should PM your career like you PM your product | Deb Liu (CEO of Ancestry, ex-Facebook, PayPal, eBay)

Lenny Rachitsky

Where to find Deb Liu: • Threads: [link] • LinkedIn: [link] • Substack: [link] In this episode, we cover: ( 00:00 ) Introduction to Deb Liu ( 02:18 ) Deb’s career journey and key advice ( 09:45 ) Navigating new roles and challenges ( 11:27 ) Overcoming adversity and failure ( 15:07 ) Building billion-dollar businesses at Facebook (..)

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2019 Goals Gone off the Rails? 3 Ways to get Back on Track

Mind the Product

Approach goal: “Be more appreciative of my CTO’s actions.”. Avoidance goal: “Avoid arguing with the CTO.”. Nothing personal with CTOs … for example purposes only!). Evidence based coaching handbook: Putting best practices to work for your clients. An Approach goal brings us towards a desired outcome. Stober & A.

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Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Snap, Zero)

Lenny Rachitsky

Tom was previously the VP of Product at Snap and the chief technology officer of Pandora. He began his career in engineering at Apple, where he helped build key features that remain in iOS today.

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Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading

Business of Software Conference

Next up: Moesta’s Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook and Christensen’s Competing Against Luck. Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. Good to Great by Jim Collins.