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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. His inability to attract a co-founder who could code was a troubling sign. Customer Discovery. And second, learn how to code.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price.

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Startup Development

SoCal CTO

How to Work With a Contract Web Developer How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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Happy 1 year anniversary to Galvanize Austin!

Austin Startup

They also offer web development classes and coworking in a beautiful downtown office. I first met Jim Deters , the founder of Galvanize, at a Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub network meeting in Chicago at 1871. I’m a big fan of the coding school business model and saw that they had a unique approach and brand.

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How to hack the recruitment process to find the best developers for your startup or agency

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jason Cartwright , the founder of Potato , a 65-person Web development agency headquartered in London. Hiring developers for your tech company undoubtedly involves making some of the most important decisions you’ll reach for your organisation.

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years.

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.