Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) Would love to get in touch.

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San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

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. The only way a software engineer can tell a business idea is a viable is to see the money coming in. There’s the team.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Engineering Fractional CTO 42

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

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. Because software engineers dont work for free.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? © 2010 Derek Sivers comments Pam Mark Hall (2010-06-19) # Derek, Yes,Yes,Yes! Thanks you!

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles. Ted Serbinski: Angel investor Ted Serbinski sold his startup MothersClick to Lifetime in 2008 and joined the cable network as CTO of the ParentsClick Network.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Quora Home About Login Sign Up Add Question Before adding a question, search for it above. 24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer. Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if Tristan Kromer • Nov 8, 2010 It'd be a tough A/B test to analyze because everyone knows ninjas can play the guitar: [link] com/pic.

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We launched in January 2010 after burning through just $4k of cash. Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Originally, SpeakerText was going to be a tool for journalists (I was a journo) to automatically transcribe and search within their audio interviews.

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Founder Startup Cofounder Vesting 51