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Very helpful - Like that first article as well, thank you. I wasn't attempting to bash the lean movement, though I have found it more difficult to implement with my own startup tha…

Thanks! Very helpful. I've kept the user experience descriptions a bit vague as all of our user feedback has been from "lean" products - basically me emailing people with match sug…

Really good point on the platform decision - thanks a lot, I'll take that into account a tweak my search accordingly.

I certainly tried to find a CTO before building a product - it's nearly impossible these days if you don't have funding, especially if you're founding your first startup. So, I rai…

I can't really write that one yet, since I haven't been successful - I may be doing it all wrong. As to your second point, I understand developers are in the drivers seat. I was ju…

I made them so I could get something built quickly, and the development team I clicked with happened to build Ruby applications. I'd certainly be open to a change once I hire a CTO…

Thanks for the comment - lot of good stuff in here. As for the languages piece, broad knowledge on languages definitely shows something, I agree. And I want to know what the applic…

Appreciate the comment - I didn't mean it as fear mongering, just pointing out that the landscape will likely change over the next two years. Great developers will still be great d…

For front-end dev, absolutely. Back-end is trickier to judge for someone less tech-savvy.