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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. But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Software engineers have the option to stick to software development at higher and higher levels. To make things even more confusing, junior or first-time developers may not understand the terms used at different companies to describe software engineers.

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“The Modern World We Live In Was Designed and Executed From An Office.”

The Product Coalition

In a LinkedIn post, CTO of Basecamp David Heinemeier Hansson in the face of possible chagrin, challenges notions that offices represent outmoded ways of working, according to telecommuting advocates. The History of Office Design In light of David’s post, we wanted to surface a few events that led to our current ways of working.

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5 Steps to Engage Stakeholders in Your BI Project

Izenda

CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Remember that meetings will be ongoing as the project develops – so make time to meet with key stakeholders several times throughout the process. Try to think of the process as an agile development project. IT Administrators. DBAs tasking with managing related databases.

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“The Modern World We Live In Was Designed and Executed From An Office.”

The Product Coalition

In a LinkedIn post, CTO of Basecamp David Heinemeier Hansson in the face of possible chagrin, challenges notions that offices represent outmoded ways of working, according to telecommuting advocates. In the eyes of architects and designers, it’s viewed as one of the most beautiful office campuses in the world.

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

Userpilot

Product Marketing Manager: This person is tasked with developing product marketing campaigns , crafting compelling marketing messages, and coming up with ideas to retain customers. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features.

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Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions

Mironov Consulting

I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. So first the question many salespeople are thinking while we present our next-quarter roadmap is….

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