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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Sunday, August 15, 2010. 29 comments: Work Equality Aug 15, 2010 04:24 PM I think you hit the nail on the head - any programmer that is good at what they do, will only donate so much of their time without pay. Reply Delete Peter Aug 15, 2010 04:53 PM Absolutely correct. Reply Delete Anonymous Aug 15, 2010 05:07 PM So untrue.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. In January 2010, I started my business at 21 with $500 in the bank and a ‘2for1 vodka’ hangover. I tried selling my knowledge and services in marketing and public relations and it worked! #17) Devastating Event. Thanks to Andrés Max, Ideaware ! #25)

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

You can measure this yourself: go to any list of startups, maybe look at YCombinator’s recent graduate class , or Scoble’s list of picks for 2010 , or Sequoia’s list of seed companies — or go find a list you like better. We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002. December 2010.

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