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Making Sure You Are Ready to Begin Building Your MVP

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They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ? Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

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I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. Accounting?

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Working with Developers

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The developer should be breaking out each individual piece of functionality and then coming up with a range of effort for the elements of that functionality. I.e., they need a developer more than they need a CTO. This is a classic sign and you need to do something about it. Once you are here, it’s a tough spot.

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