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The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Lenny Rachitsky

— Will Larson is Chief Technology Officer at Carta. Prior to joining Carta, he was the CTO at Calm and held engineering leadership roles at Stripe, Uber, and Digg. Avoid generic or identity values (like “we build good software”) that lack differentiation and fail to provide useful guidance for employees.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Product Management

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? Who are the customers?

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Leveraging Data Analytics for E-Commerce Business Growth

Valerian Tech

They can implement order management systems, shipping automation tools, and real-time tracking solutions to enhance order fulfillment efficiency. Competing and Differentiating in the Market In a crowded e-commerce market, standing out from competitors is crucial.

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Breaking through the hype: a practical guide to building an effective AI strategy

Modus Create

Larry Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President and CTO of OneMain Financial, the leading nonprime lender in the United States, provides insight into how the world’s top executives plan to leverage AI technology. Even if they aren’t, this benchmark regulation will probably be the basis for due care of AI systems going forward.”

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The Beauty and Brains of Actionable Data: How to Go From Concept to Reality

Speaker: Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Chief Technology Officer at SolonTek

Join Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC DHHS, and Chief Technology Officer, SolonTek, to learn how you can capitalize on your ideas by blending internal with external while leveraging them into a cohesive strategy for both the short term and the long term. What value do you see in your data?

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The Unintentional Career of John Cutler

Mind the Product

By this he means that he doesn’t spend his time directly advocating for Amplitude products: “Although I think we have an amazing product, my role focuses on the surrounding systems and ‘culture’.”. Every relationship where you help people initially has a power differential. Who has the power? I enjoy product.

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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

We entered a working partnership with a technology provider that had the right economic incentives given this solution, delivered differentiation beyond the current offering, and had the potential to expand their customer base (a win-win, which is critical from a Transaction-Cost-Economics perspective).

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