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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

Although most aren’t in a place to be startup cofounders for financial reasons, I now have access to a large talent pool once I can offer a salary. Many of us have said we’d love to work with one another again. With all the funded startups that are unable to hire, that’s a huge ace up my sleeve.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Startup Executive Compensation Scorecard

Altgate

We’ve designed this Scorecard and it’s currently being built, but in the meantime I wanted to get feedback from CEOs and VCs on the feature design. .&# The idea behind the Scorecard is to provide a comprehensive benchmark for the management team of a particular company compared to it’s specific peer group.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.

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I Quit My Job And Lived To Tell

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I had built up a small writing client base on nights and weekends, scrimped and saved every penny I could from my salary into a “buffer fund,” and set up a home office all tricked out in a writer’s must haves (computer, printer, chocolate stash). You’re too young to leave the rat race, aren’t you?

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Recruiting Startup Engineers | Femgineer

femgineer.com

HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Sweat equity or salary? Here are some things to think about for those on the recruiting side: 1.

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How One Startup Managed Its Investment Cash Flow

ReadWriteStart

While the company is now profitable and its seven founders are getting paid salaries, that wasn't always the case. Incorporated in April 2007, over the course of two years - from June 2007 to September 2009 - the founders invested $185,000 of capital in the company, in the form of loans. But those were equity purchases.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

I’ll discuss what skills you’ll need, how to write your requirements, how to source developers and designers, how much to budget, how to agree a development contract, how to manage your vendors, how to plan your release, all the documentation youll need, and much more. What is bootstrapping?