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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

00:00:06] DEREK: Tell us about growing up in Northern California, tell us about what your dad did, what your mom did, and your family a little bit. [00:00:52] I grew up in Northern California. You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

Since then it has become much harder to find people and while we are talking about hiring relatively small numbers of people, the typical sources of candidates dont seem to be working. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? . ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. Seth is one of those truly descent human beings that you meet occasionally in this industry whose earnestness on camera is matched by his behavior off camera. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. Not a chance.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

That’s exceptional startup growth that other cities will find tough to match. Boulder, CO. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Austin has become quite a hotspot. It’s an incredibly innovative city. Austin also stands out for its affordability.

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Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores.

Steve Blank

If you’ve tried to slog your way through my book on Customer Development you know that I’m insistent that the founders need to be the ones getting outside the building (physically or virtually) to validate all the initial hypotheses of the business model and product. Hiring a VP of Sales in customer discovery typically sets a startup back.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

To greet renters and hand over the keys, Hertz sometimes hires a stand-in through TaskRabbit, a Web-based company that matches time-deprived people in need of temporary assistants with freelance errand runners who have passed criminal background checks and are looking for extra income. Find free office space at Loosecubes.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

Darren Nix , Group Manager of the Assessments product team at Indeed and founder of the Y Combinator -backed startup Interviewed (acquired by Indeed), puts it this way: “Users can’t design your product for you. Hunter Brennick , co-founder and COO of Landing Lion , emphasizes humility and listening for product managers.