Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup.

1. No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models- Steve Blank, April 8, 2010
2. The Twitter Platform's Inflection Point- A VC : Venture Capital and Technology, April 7, 2010
3. The tradeoff between open and closed- Chris Dixon, April 25, 2010
4. Not disruptive, and proud of it- A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks, April 12, 2010
5. What Makes Something Interesting?- Ben Casnocha: The Blog, April 15, 2010
6. Everyone I spoke with loved the idea...- Redeye VC, April 13, 2010
7. Startup Development- SoCal CTO, April 23, 2010
8. Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?- Both Sides of the Table, April 20, 2010
9. Turning on your Reality Distortion Field- Steve Blank, April 22, 2010
10. Social Networking vs Email- A VC : Venture Capital and Technology, April 13, 2010
11. Twitter and third-party Twitter developers- Chris Dixon, April 10, 2010
12. Interview: How to close an angel round- Venture Hacks, April 6, 2010
13. Accounting for Startups: Cash-basis or Accrual-basis?- A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks, April 19, 2010
14. 5 Tips On VC Alignment: Discuss The Exit Before You Enter- OnStartups, April 29, 2010
15. Founder Agreements – Vesting, Vesting and more Vesting- High Contrast, April 25, 2010
16. Web Sites and Books for Novice Programmers- Feld Thoughts, April 25, 2010
17. Adding a Co-Founder In 140 Characters Or Less- FairSoftware's Blog, April 22, 2010
18. Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees- Both Sides of the Table, April 22, 2010
19. Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model- Steve Blank, April 12, 2010
20. Size markets using narratives, not numbers- Chris Dixon, April 3, 2010
21. The One Sentence Challenge- StartupCFO, April 20, 2010
22. Beware: Competitive Intelligence by VC's- Babbling VC, April 19, 2010
23. Why the Foursquare Acquisition Story Makes No Sense- This is going to be BIG., April 7, 2010
24. Seven Tips for Proving Your Business Model- Startup Professionals Musings, April 5, 2010
25. Pitch Deck Study Hall Cheat Sheet- Adventurista, April 18, 2010
26. Debate: Create your own social network or leverage existing…- Jeff Hilimire, April 30, 2010
27. 8 Things to Look for When Hiring Startup Talent- Instigator Blog, April 14, 2010
28. The When to Incorporate Decision-Matrix- The Startup Lawyer, April 12, 2010
29. Business Plan Matters, But Other Steps Come First- The Entrepreneurial Mind, April 12, 2010
30. Check out cool infographics- How to Change the World, April 26, 2010

See also:

• 16 Great Startup Posts from March

Did I miss something really good in this list?  Let me know.