So you wanna be a CTO ?
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QUESTIONS
What object?
What is the selling price?
Is it useful?
Is there a real market for that?
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW TO ANSWER
FAKE IT
GO AS FAST POSSIBLE
DO IT SIMPLE
QUICK & DIRTY
TEST WITH FEW PEOPLE
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW DOES THE CTO FEEL
Code quickly, prototype, doesn’t sleep,
learn a lot of tricks to go quick.
This is exciting!
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
QUESTIONS
Are we able to manufacture thisobject for the selling price/4?
How the world will react to our product?
Do we have a real market?
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW TO ANSWER
Kickstarter / Pre-Order
Collect orders, funds, feedbacks.
Test the price at a higher scale.
Get rough quotations but manufacturers.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW DOES THE CTO FEEL
Taking big responsibilities on cost estimations.
Feel like a star.
Have the biggest todolist ever.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
QUESTIONS
How to manufacture my first products?
How to ship as fast as possible?
Why is it so hard to transforma prototype into a product?
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW TO ANSWER
Setup a manufacturing process.
Get into ALL details.
Courage, coffee & endurance.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW DOES THE CTO FEEL
Trying to make a 3 meters high castle of cards.
Exhausted.
Learning a lot of things about things.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
QUESTIONS
How to repeat the first batch?
How to scale manufacturing?
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW TO ANSWER
Find the right manufacturing partner.
Build a strong relationship with them.
Learn them your knowledge about your product.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HOW DOES THE CTO FEEL
You are becoming a manager.
Recruit a team.
Find manufacturing partners.
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Ship ScalePrototype Hello
CTO work load
CTO feelings
Start Phases & Time
LIST OF TECHNOLOGIESBrand / Ecommerce / Dashboard.
Mobile App / User’s Website.
Back-end Servers.
OS & Firmware.
Electronic.
Atoms.
PURPOSE
You need a place to be visible, where the customer can buy your device.
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HASHTAGS
#e-commerce
#web
#front-end
#framework
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PURPOSE
You have an object to manage. So you want an build a custom interface to interact with.
You want to do a mobile application ?
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HASHTAGS
#ios + android
#responsive
#framework
#python / #php / #nodejs …
#databases
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PURPOSE
Now, your object will be interacting with your servers. Hopefully you will have 100k working in
real-time in the world. 24/24h.
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HASHTAGS
#rest
#api
#websocket
#networking
#AWS
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PURPOSE
Now we are in the device. We need an OS working in a embedded system.
Have you ever take care of your code memory usage? Speed? Interactions with OS?
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HASHTAGS
#linux
#C
#lua #python #sh
#firmware
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PURPOSE
OS is running on hardware. You are also responsible for this. Have you ever made a PCB?
Sorry, most of the time Arduino & Raspberry pi is not the solution.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HASHTAGS
#PCB
#Schematic
#EMC
#Certifications
#Wifi #Bluetooth
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PURPOSE
Now, you have to put everything in a box. In a nice box. With a lot of constraints. It is easy to
design, hard to design for manufacturing.
Sorry, 3D printing is not the solution.
STORY : prototype, hello world, ship, scale / LIST : web, user, servers, os, pcb, plastic
HASHTAGS
#Plastic
#Mold
#CAD
#Injection
#Assembly
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BONUS (WHAT I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT)
Logistic: truck, boat, borders, VAT,
Quality tests: testing tools, training, QA acceptance
Customer Service: emails, calls, center, refund, replace…
You manage people.