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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

I've Googled, gone through my network, posted to Craigslist, and approached universities, and much like your friend I am having a heck of a time finding developers in LA. Freelance Sites – considered, not used, concerned about quality Craigslist - considered, not used, concerned about quality Local networking – decent luck.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag. A sample of three views is adequate.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag. A sample of three views is adequate.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag. A sample of three views is adequate.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area. Here’s a win-win way to address this: recruit a team of students who would attend these events and publish their transcripts/videos, so that everyone learns more and faster and can network more easily.

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How To Hire An Outsourced Web Designer And Survive The Process

David Teten

If you can’t find what you need within your network, however, the next option is to find outsourced developers in the US or offshore. Moreover, you can have greater confidence in the developer based on firsthand information from a trusted source.

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Customers found it confusing and it turned out to be at odds with our fundamental value proposition (which really requires an independant IM network). There were a lot of questions about outsourcing/offshoring and startups. So we had to completely throw that code away, including all of its beatiful tests and specs. Talk about waste.