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Working with Developers

SoCal CTO

Developer Motivators and Demotivators If you’ve not watched the Big Bang Theory, then let me give you some homework. It may give non-technical founders a bit more insight into working styles when it comes to developers. As compared to the cost of a developer, these are relatively inexpensive items. Changing Your Mind.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?

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How Much Equity a Technical Cofounder Should Get - Nathan Hurst's Blog

blog.nahurst.com

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. The graphic below balances the risks cofounders take with their relative contributions to help answer this question. I love programming, board games, and my wife.

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My Advice To Entrepreneurs: Consider Canada For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

By Raj Narayanaswamy, cofounder and Co-CEO, Replicon. One of the countries gaining momentum with the early-stage start-up community is Canada, and for good reason. Software Development Incentives Speak for Themselves. Photo credit: Canada flag from Shutterstock. Immigrating from Canada to the U.S.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

siliconflorist.com

Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. 13) Portland startups at an “Early Stage”: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, it ain’t (and that’s awesome) (0). Android / iOS / Python / Django Developer. Web Developer.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. That’s why much early stage funding is “Friends and Family”; your friends and family naturally overrate you and/or can’t say no. PreCog Security, a company I am currently helping to build as cofounder, is taking this approach.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g.,