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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. We needed the matching algorithm. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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5 Communication Hacks For Startup Cofounders

YoungUpstarts

Hell, even shouting matches will happen. I also recommend having board members and a group of advisors who can provide different perspectives and contribute to a healthier partnership. When you’re in a partnership with a friend, disagreements about the company will occur. It’s inevitable.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. I don’t have a killer idea, or a technical team, but I do know how to build, grow, and manage teams.”.

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8 Tactics For Every Entrepreneur To Manage Technology

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need. That means every entrepreneur needs to learn how to attract, hire, and manage technical people for their team. Don’t fall for a technical pitch you can’t fathom.

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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

Dave was building a mobile app for matching college students who needed to move within a local area with potential local movers. neither you nor your cofounder can code and you’re building a mobile app? He described his idea like “Uber for moving” and while he thought he was making real progress, he needed some advice. The Problem.

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6 Hiring Principles To Grow The Best New Venture Team

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as a business advisor, I see successful businesses most often emerging from great teams rather than great products. Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree.

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How Do You Want to Spend Your Next 4 Years of Your Life?

Steve Blank

I used to be in startups where I was dealing with engineers designing our microprocessors or selling supercomputers to research scientists solving really interesting technical problems. You need to decide what your personal goal is and how it matches what you think this business can grow into. My customers were 14-year old boys.

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