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AUGUST 7, 2023
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. That’s why the CTO’s attention is on programming for the earliest stage. A CTO can help you find the right answers.
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Conducting User Research in Product Management
The Product Guy
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.
Applying Product Management to Web Design in a Multiscreen Era
The Product Guy
OCTOBER 25, 2016
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.
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Fractional CTO Services Explained
Valerian Tech
DECEMBER 30, 2022
The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.
Business Development vs. Product Management
The Product Guy
APRIL 4, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Product Management
The Product Guy
JANUARY 5, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.
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Podcast: Too Many Product Managers with Ken Norton
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Now Senior Operating Partner at GV (we still slip up and call it Google Ventures), Ken was a CTO and CEO/founder before he joined Yahoo! When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Should you go work at a startup?
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Finding Blue Oceans #prodmgmt
The Product Guy
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.
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The Product Guy
JANUARY 27, 2017
In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.
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Product Strategies for Non-Strategists
The Product Guy
MAY 15, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.
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Beats, Bootstrapping and Life – Mat Clayton on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.
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10 Experts On The Right Steps To Product Iteration
Arkenea
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
Get in touch with us here for a free consultation on your project. Lean startup practitioners document these sorts of strategic hypotheses in a lean canvas. 9 Take constant and incremental step towards the vision Simon Cast , CTO & co-founder at ProdPad If you have a product vision, I hope it’s big.
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TEI 170: From concept to market leader – with product manager Jimmy Hooker
Product Innovation Educators
APRIL 2, 2018
We were an unfunded startup. I had worked in Linux operations and done design contract work on the side. I really wanted to do it full-time and a friend of mine was Badger’s CTO so he brought me on. Early on, the CTO and I had a very close working relationship. It works in a browser or on a phone. [3:23]
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153 Rapid Prototyping for Product Managers
The Product Guy
MARCH 2, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.
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Senior Product Manager and Your Next Career Steps
The Product Guy
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.
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User Experience Design Tactics for Product Managers
The Product Guy
JANUARY 31, 2017
He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.
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Laura Klein on improving chemistry in product teams
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 14, 2018
Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. Now the Vice President of Product at Business Talent Group , she has honed her expertise into a set of best practices and published them in two books: UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products.
Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco
Mind the Product
MAY 29, 2018
His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. Christina has helped to grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, and the New York Times, as well as numerous startups throughout Silicon Valley. Dan Olsen, Author and Consultant. Christina Wodtke, Author and Lecturer. Get your tickets.
Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing
Product Talk
DECEMBER 18, 2024
I remember working at a startup where we were striving to get to nightly builds so that we could ship software every day. I identify as a coach and not a consultant. Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen a lot of evolution in these practices. The first big change that we’ve seen is that our delivery cadence has changed.
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Expert Spotlight: Michael Ciano – Building Trust In Healthcare Technology
Arkenea
JULY 12, 2024
Michael Ciano, CTO with 20+ years of experience talks about building trust as a key for leveraging technology in healthcare, building a robust business architecture and building an organization culture that fosters innovation. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?
Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
MARCH 21, 2022
Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Freelance or Contractor Finally, software engineers can also choose to go the way of freelancers or contract workers. I’ve worked at both Google and at startups and share the pros and cons. We've got your covered.
The Unintentional Career of John Cutler
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 28, 2019
I’ve enjoyed working in UX research , in startups, so I imagine what I’m doing for Amplitude as a product. He’s worked as a game developer at Simon and Schuster , as a producer at Nickelodeon , and had a variety of product roles at companies like Pendo and Zendesk , all interspersed with periods of consulting. I enjoy product.
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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators
TechEmpower - Product Management
JULY 24, 2023
At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. 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.
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208 The Startup Lifecycle: How To Win At Each Stage
The Product Coalition
JUNE 17, 2019
by Sergey Kizayn, CTO, Intetics. Every startup goes through three basic stages as it strives to become the next Uber or Amazon: idea, launch, and growth. The secret to becoming a successful startup lies in knowing your strengths and weaknesses and overcoming all the obstacles you will face along your journey. No Market Need.
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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More
Userpilot
MAY 1, 2024
Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant. Renowned for his tenure on Airbnb’s product team, Lenny’s professional journey truly began in 2010 when he served as the CEO of a budding startup named “Localmind.” How did Lenny Rachitsky get started in product management?
When to Declare Backlog Bankruptcy
ProductPlan
JANUARY 21, 2020
A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. I heard requests from customers, domain experts, consultants, our development team, and internal stakeholders. I heard requests from customers, domain experts, consultants, our development team, and internal stakeholders.
Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood
TechEmpower - Product Management
AUGUST 21, 2023
Outgrowing your stack: Your tech stack was just right for your startup. Process and Team Review It’s easy for development teams, especially startup teams, to cut process corners in the name of shipping features. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas But as you’ve grown, it’s become cumbersome and constraining.
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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others
Userpilot
MARCH 7, 2024
So I talked to several female leaders in SaaS – about their experience with breaking into leadership positions in tech startups – what challenges they’ve faced, and how they managed to overcome them. Do you think it’s possible to combine e.g. working in tech startups with family life/motherhood? Sima Banijamali – Sr.
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What Do You Really Need: In-House Team, Outsourcing or a Tech Partner?
The Product Coalition
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
The history of Slack, the most widely used workplace messaging app, is often referred to as a classic startup success story. Many of the world’s most successful startups have outsourced some of their work. Simply put, the CTO must choose between (1) staffing an in-house team, and (2) outsourcing the work to an external team.
Navigating Tomorrow: The Crucial Role of Innovation in Technology
Valerian Tech
JANUARY 22, 2024
Introduction Innovation – a term that resonates deeply within the halls of tech firms and startup incubators alike. At the core of every technological breakthrough and digital advancement lies a single, unifying element: the relentless pursuit of innovation. Conclusion The importance of innovation in technology cannot be overstated.
Nutritionally Balanced Food: Japanese Food Startup, BASE FOOD, Expands to the U.S. with Innovative Product Reinventing Staple Foods
freshtrax
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
That is until BASE FOOD , a nutritionally balanced food Japan-based startup, successfully created a product that popularized the industries. It’s not very common for startups in Japan to pursue the global market. More About Michael Rosenzweig] Michael was a consultant for 3 years at Ernst & Young in Japan.
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Business of Software Conference
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Q | How to move from being a consulting to product business. Read on… “Hi Mark, I am expecting to move into the role of CTO of a small start-up. I am interested in topics around handling general chaos in a fast paced company that is trying to move from being funded by consultancy to one funded by software license sales.
What is the Role of a Technical Program Manager?
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
JUNE 9, 2020
For example, imagine that a CTO is looking to develop and bring to market a software product. She's currently a Senior TPM at WeWork and has previously held Senior TPM positions at Facebook(Instagram) and provided consulting to MIO Partners. Whereas projects are usually more temporary and focused on a single, specific deliverable.
11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023
Userpilot
JULY 27, 2023
For example, a startup might not need a sales manager or a fully-fledged sales team in its early days, but a UX designer is an absolute necessity. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features.
The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival
Bain Public
MAY 29, 2020
It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%
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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Speed is every startup’s biggest competitive advantage. My first job out of college was with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an individual contributor as well. A few years later, joined a startup. I could do my work very well.
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A little love from our customer
BrainMates
JULY 23, 2019
We spoke with Chief Technology Officer, Paul Cascun to talk about how in-house Product Management training changed the game. Arcadier , an e-commerce SaaS marketplace builder based in Singapore, originally came to a Brainmates Product Management course in Singapore, before engaging us for further specialised workplace training.
What is Product Management, exactly?
BrainMates
JULY 3, 2018
See Parity Consulting’s 2018 Product Management Salary Survey. ). Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. The Head of Product or Product Director usually reports to the CPO in a larger organisation or to the CEO in a smaller startup or scaleup.
Transitioning from Software Engineer to Engineering Manager
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
MAY 14, 2021
Engineering managers will frequently consult with other product managers, engineers, and their teams while spending time in meetings, answering emails, and delivering presentations to upper management. However, it is possible for a talented tech lead, for instance, to land an engineering manager role at a smaller startup or company.
Top App Development Agencies 2018–2019
The Product Coalition
JULY 17, 2018
Dave Weiss, CTO BabyCenter LLC, Johnson & Johnson “The biggest success for us was having WillowTree take over the app.”? —?Vice It is based all over the world, with offices in Austin, Boston, Newcastle, London, Copenhagen and India. They are truly committed to the success of the project and work closely with our team.”? —?Dave
Positioning Jujitsu | April Dunford | BoS Conf Online Europe 2020
Business of Software Conference
MARCH 11, 2021
April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. As startups, we are often competing against larger more established players that can outspend, out-market and out-sell us.
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40 Return of the Speakers // #BoS2018
Business of Software Conference
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Having worked across the IT, Real Estate, and Healthcare industries, Mikey is now the CTO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. Rich has been ‘the product guy’ at 6 startups, and now runs his own consulting business. Read on to find out who is returning and to watch their previous knockout talks. 1 // Mikey Trafton.
Best-rated Sacramento Web Design Companies to Work With in 2022
UX Studio: Product Management
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Sacramento web design services for startups and enterprises How much does it cost to work with web design companies in Sacramento? In the past ten years, we partnered with rising startups and established brands like HBO, Netflix, the United Nations World Food Programme, and Google, to name a few. Is there anything we can do for you?
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