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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. Summary : Eric offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a small ISV. In the many e-mails I received about that column, one of the most common questions was why didnt I list any hiring mistakes. Ill start with four general guidelines for how to proceed with a hiring decision.

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Interviewing Engineers? Enough with the Whiteboard Coding!

Diego Basch

[Originally posted on July 25, 2011 on the IndexTank blog, now down. The point of an engineering interview is to figure out if you want to hire a person or not. This is because hiring the wrong person could be extremely damaging to a company. Not hiring anyone is also extremely damaging. People, get with the times.

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Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

www.kernelmag.com

Wednesday, 21 December 2011. Just last week, start-up supremo Naval Ravikant of AngelList wrote how the “oversupply” of founders starting companies is making it harder to hire for the average startup. Derek Sivers: How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen. Yiannopoulos. The Nutshell. Editors’ Blog. Presented by.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? For one thing, you’ll learn from his mistakes.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Eventually I was able to scrape up a few bucks and hired Sarah to build me a website prototype. Eventually Ill hire a software geek of my own, but right now Im doing just fine without one. Also hire offshore devs to assist you in building your product. Getting Hired. Will an marketer commit to promoting a OSS project?

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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder

nikcub.appspot.com

Rent-a-coder and Guru - These sites, and the millions of others like them, are in a different category. Approach the task like you would with hiring and speak to references from previous employers, and speak to prior co-workers (approach it casually). Google+. | © 2011 Nik Cubrilovic | Login. New Web Order. startupcto