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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. For me one of the tell tale signs of a real entrepreneur is that they know how to network well enough to find technical talent to join them. We put the spec out on RFP on a contracting site and received bids from skilled people all over the world.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. A conducive business environment. Think Philips Electronics, NXP, ASML and Tom Tom.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. Go to meetings of any campus entrepreneurs groups. You’ve done well so far. Post flyers around the CS labs.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

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trav (2010-06-19) # This is GPS for would-be web entrepreneurs lost in a sea of ideas with no sailors to steer their imaginary ship. Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Should be read by any web entrepreneur.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite. But if you are the odd person who is interested, it’s worth asking: why do so few use.NET? … James.

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