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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

It offered independence from financial establishments, which in the wake of 2008 were universally considered unreliable, and mere convenience. If you’re passionate about a business idea, develop a product’s prototype; come up with a catchy description for it, explain clearly its benefits and launch a Kickstarter campaign.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

Then go to hacker events and developer meetups. The development community is a friendly one (for the most part) and you’ll often find many people eager to help you out. You can earn the trust of other developers fairly easily if they see you willing to do this. Learn to write code yourself.

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Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters

devver.wordpress.com

The Devver Blog A Boulder startup improving the way developers work. CTOs need to stay involved with customers to make decisions about the project innovation and development. Don’t solve the big unsolvable problems first, the first time start with smaller problems and develop a reputation while solving them.

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The Top 10 Duct Tape Marketing Podcast Episodes for 2019

Duct Tape Marketing

Biggest takeaway: You’ll learn why the first step in developing a solid marketing strategy is identifying your ideal customer, and I’ll give you tips on how to find them. He was elected to the Missouri House in 2008 and became the Missouri Secretary of State in 2009. Click here to listen to the episode.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

siliconflorist.com

Android Developer. Android / iOS / Python / Django Developer. Web Developer. Platform Software Developer. Sr Developer (JavaScript/Flash). Training and Development Specialist. Training and Development Specialist. Front End Developer. Senior Ruby Engineer. April 2008. March 2008.

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Lean startup tools for Rails apps

www.subelsky.com

Eric asked me what specific tools Rails developers could use when building a lean startup. What comes with Ruby and Rails is plenty good enough but some people like the greater expressiveness afforded by things like Rspec and Shoulda. There are several good unit testing frameworks for Rails, each with their own devotees.

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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. I think its important to keep that in mind rather than always trying to covet a rock star developer with a proven track record.