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Four Kinds of Investors
There are four kinds of investors: Those that know your business and know that they know your business. They are sources of wisdom. Use them. Those that know your business…
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Build vs Buy
We are often faced with a dilemma when considering how to use software to solve a problem: whether to build the solution to that problem, or whether to buy a…
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Product Creating vs Operational CTOs
I've heard CTOs described as Product-focused versus Tech-focused, and I've heard people described as strategic versus operational, but I wonder if these are false dichotomies. I wonder if a better…
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The Job vs The Role
There is a difference between being good at the CTO job and being good at the CTO role. The job is everything that is required to deliver real results: hiring…
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Recovering from Mistakes
One gauge of how good someone is at their job is how well they recover from mistakes. You can tell how great of a guitar player Neil Young is by…