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SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

A month or two before the QuickTime public announcement in May, the SuperMac hardware engineers (who had a great relationship with the QuickTime team at Apple) started a “ skunk works ” project. So SuperMac engineering also developed video compression software, called Cinepak. The software was idiot proof.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

Tuesday, August 17, 2010. He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. He picked engineers who were technically-driven but not entrepreneurially-driven. Furthermore, there’s more to a business than the idea.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Sunday, August 15, 2010. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. Most software engineers arent business people. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice.

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. We think the most important principle is that the CTO is the go-to point for all technology in the business. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

Co-working spaces have grown an impressive 89 percent in the last 12 months, and 300 percent since 2010. 80 percent of entrepreneurs funded their business out of pocket. For an idea of where to start, take a look into any of the following: Business management. Business analytics. IT/Software Engineering/UX or UI Design.

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Essential Facts and Statistics Every Entrepreneur Must Know

crowdSPRING Blog

Co-working spaces have grown an impressive 89 percent in the last 12 months, and 300 percent since 2010. 80 percent of entrepreneurs funded their business out of pocket. For an idea of where to start, take a look into any of the following: Business management. Business analytics. IT/Software Engineering/UX or UI Design.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

He , Srikanth Narayan , Ben Werdmuller von Elgg , Jo Vi Ko , Justin Lee , Giovanni Tardini , David de Weerdt , Vineet Thanedar , Ryan Brideau , Jonathan Meiri , Rob Weedn , Krzysztof Kowalczyk , Greg Pilling , Kevin Leland , Parham Michael Ossareh , Dan Loewenherz , Mary Specht , Engin Erdo?an Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if