techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Having to invent ad hoc terms to work together, negotiating terms, and throwing money into hiring lawyers can really hamstring the formation of productive founder-advisor relationships — something that can really make or break a startup in its early stages. Launch Date: April 16, 2009. Crunchbase. FOUNDER INSTITUTE.

Equity 94

Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Hiring Of all the issues we ran into when we first built our team, hiring was the most critical. As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering. If you hire the best, this person will lead you to the rest.

Offshore 40

Offshore Malaysia Developer Stock Options 40

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. August 8, 2009 6:08 AM Phil Winkler said. August 8, 2009 5:04 PM PetrolHead said.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

blog.adaptiveblue.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Hire or Contract Good System Administrator This one is the last and the simplest tip of all. For early stage startups it maybe a challenge to recruit a dedicated sys admin, but any good hosting company would be happy to carry this function for you, likely, for additional payment. Startups!!! « de-Hao! [ Browse Smarter.

EC2 40

EC2 Widget Software Review Startup 40

www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. I went to the Columbia Engineering Career Fair in October 2009 and left with ~150 resumes. We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder.

Founder 51

Founder Startup Cofounder Vesting 51