CEO / CFO / CxO / VP

The True Cost of Custom Features: 3 Painful Taxes

That feature you built to help close a lucrative deal? — You lost money on it.

Dec 5, 2024 •

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The New CTO's Survival Guide: Rescuing a System at its Breaking Point

You've just stepped into your role as CTO, only to inherit a revenue-generating system that's gasping for air. With 3,000 daily active users pushing the…

Nov 19, 2024 •

The Dangers of Being Indispensable: A CTO’s Rescue Mission

When an irreplaceable leader left behind potential chaos, I stepped in and discovered two ways to be indispensable.

Nov 12, 2024 •

How a CTO's Strategic Questions Saved a Startup from Hell

Asking the right business questions prevented a fintech startup from getting trapped in a badly structured partnership deal.

Oct 29, 2024 •

Agile + Scrum — a convenient fiction

Enabling agile software development in command-and-control style companies.

Oct 9, 2024 •

How I align tech initiatives to business goals

A CTO's job is to align tech strategy with the company's business strategy. The most valuable part of my job is helping clients achieve this. This is…

Jul 10, 2024 •

5 revealing questions for startup CEOs to assess their CTOs

These 5 litmus-test questions are designed to be highly indicative of problems, or to justify and even increase your confidence in your CTO.

Jun 26, 2024 •

Web Apps are Native Apps

Why native apps aren't necessarily your best option.

Apr 3, 2024 •

How much uptime can I afford?

99.5% uptime is more cost-effective than 99.99% for most startups!

Jan 10, 2024 •

Agile software development — 5 essential facts for startup CEOs

The 5 essentials that startup CEOs should know about Agile software development:

Nov 1, 2023 •

Escape the Feature Factory trap using Business Impact Categories & Budgets

Sep 12, 2023 •

85% of New Features FAIL & Feature Cost Inflation

85% of new features fail — in the best companies.

Jul 25, 2023 •

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