The Next Web
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Luck, timing and social engineering are bigger components than most entrepreneurs care to imagine,” adds Werdelin. With the existing product in mind, the $500,000 would be broken out evenly over the nine months with the first two months dedicated to design, specifically user architecture, brand and polish design. 3) Facebook.
femgineer.com
JULY 18, 2010
HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Engineers love to build, solve tough problems, and make progress. Sweat equity or salary? When to start recruiting?
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. Our vision was that just as the PC was revolutionizing the business market, we were going to do the same for scientists and engineers.
www.joelonsoftware.com
MARCH 24, 2010
Fog Creek explicitly recognizes that many good software engineers have no desire whatsoever to do "management" or to take on a formal personnel management role. One of the purposes of the Fog Creek Professional Ladder is to create a career path with promotions for engineers who simply do not want to do management stuff at all.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 21, 2017
It was definitely a huge leap to leave the corporate world (and the salary and security that comes with it) and start a company. After working in architecture, furniture and design for 15 years, I came up with an idea that lead me into the NYC World of Tech and am now solving missed connections. Image Credit: Lori Cheek.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 8, 2018
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the biggest levers that a business can use within their acquisition strategy as part of their Growth goals. The best SEO teams are formed by being cross functional (designer, content, SEO, engineer). Growth Hacking, Growth Marketing, Brand, IT, Engineering Acquisition, where do you sit?
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Sure, when WP Engine launches a new product, the marketing department needs predictability for the launch date, but that’s because it’s a highly-skilled, well-funded group, which explodes with press, events, campaigns, social media, and newsletters, grabbing more attention in a single week than a smaller company might garner in a year.
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