SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The conversation centered around a founder who's key question is "Where Do I Find a Developer for My Startup?" His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. Have you tested what you can without development? Is this compelling to a developer?

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Though the notion of a “lean startup” that uses both Agile and Customer Development approaches is ostensibly strongly customer focused, the purpose of these methodologies is for the company to find an maximize its market, not specifically to optimize the user experience. What do you think?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

is the CEO and co-founder at ShoutEm , a self service mobile website and mobile apps creator, a ‘Wordpress for mobile apps.’. From banking software to cell phones, as markets develop and grow, more user-friendly products with fewer but highly-polished features are winning the game. Viktor Marohni?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2011

There is a requisite for each team to have at least one developer (frontend or backend), a designer and a marketing person. The concept was simple: motion based remote control of a robot using your mobile. In some cases, coders will go into another room than the designers and the team leader. One example was Montroller.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We will consider several options for hire developers for the new project and the nuances of each: recruitment services, freelancers, eFreelance Development Team, outsourcing through a web company. And only after that, you can move to search and start looking to hire developers for a startup. eFreelance Development Team.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

There’s also a searchable service section with advice on logo design, website development and a service request board if you prefer that providers come to you. Techcofounder If you’re starting a company, chances are you either are a coder or need a coder. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location.

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Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. Drupal works at all levels of software development. Then last year I decided to re-educate myself in software development, but this time as a regular ol’ coder. This imbalance keeps L.A.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Although every organization faces some uncertainty in developing new stuff, the conditions are not always extreme. For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Originally a waterfall shop, we transitioned to Agile development about two years ago. The approach demystifies the design process by involving the other team members (yes, developers too!) Mobile designs require the context of the device to truly get a sense of the experience. in the problem-solving process.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. m-Via does financial remittances using mobile phones for people from the US to Mexico. They recorded it.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. An Eye for Business Development Your new CTO’s technology vision should fall in line with your overall business strategy. Have an account?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Failing to find a coder whose vision aligned with ours, we ended up coding ActivityDeck website ourselves. A mobile app is on its way. The first is that I come from a background of teaching and education, and I wanted a new career that would afford me the opportunity to continue to teach, educate, develop and mentor others.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Rowe’s company Perceivant replaces traditional textbooks with cost-effective and interactive learning experiences for mobile and web applications to keep students more engaged in general curriculum courses that carry the highest fail rates. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2013

They have the power of information (aka the internet and mobile) in the palms of their hands. They’re artists, designers, engineers, crafters, coders, and – oh yeah – high schoolers. Small Business Development Centers ( SBDC s) across the U.S. That’s right, teenagers.

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Philadelphia Coder Entrepreneur Small Business Administration 118

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? " => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. Rockstar v.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. But AGAIN LEARN HOW TO CODE; front end, back end and or mobile development - SOMETHING CAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR STARTUP. understand that most of the risk is borne up front by the Developer. ONLY YOU DO!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2013

Our developers are some of the best coders out there, but they’re also film buffs, foodies, musicians, gamers, and marathon runners. Karma is real: Be mindful of it in the way you deal with your employees, prospects, business partners, and clients. At Table XI we employ the whole person. We like that.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I once even lectured my fresh graduate coder to stop printing out those PDFs I emailed him. When I wanted to venture into the mobile app development business, we didn’t have any apps to show on our portfolio. Enroll in online courses. Since they are friends, you could easily write off any excess “debts” over dinner or beers.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

I’ll discuss what skills you’ll need, how to write your requirements, how to source developers and designers, how much to budget, how to agree a development contract, how to manage your vendors, how to plan your release, all the documentation youll need, and much more. Award contract - Negotiate a software development contract.

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joel.is

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The great piece is focused around two sets of distinct people in a startup: makers (typically coders) and managers (those with lots of meetings). Earlier this year, we realised how powerful mobile will be for Buffer, but the team was small and we had no spare resources for Android development. Meetings cost them more.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. I first spent time trying to build it myself leveraging open source tools, applying my skills from a single CS class, and trying to be an autodidactic coder.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

At the same time, there were several larger players in the market such as Freelancer and Rent-a-coder. Because most of the developers building on these platforms make software, the developers do not experience immediate pain when they share 30% of top-line revenue. But it didn’t play out that way.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2017

Know your voice, your unique selling proposition, and develop consistent messaging around your brand. Mobile friendliness: Websites can no longer consider mobile friendliness optional. In fact, a mobile “friendly” website is no longer acceptable. Basic rules for good SEO. It needs to be responsive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

For example, if any of the mobile ad networks gets major traction, they may become a dominant way that people discover new apps. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2022

And that's really got where I got my start with personalization because as we started to get kind of broader in terms of our audience, we had copywriters, we had marketers, we had designers, developers, and really every Stripe of freelancer you could think of. And the developer me thought, well, what if a copywriter is on a sales page?

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Retyping information is a tedious task on a regular computer, but on a mobile device most users will find it outright annoying. Feedback from those who use the checkout process are only several degrees of separation from those who design and develop it. Is there a similar benchmark study coming for mobile/handheld devices as well?

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Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. The way I do it.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. And if you’re doing Windows Mobile 7 apps (which the stats suggest you aren’t), it’s your only choice.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

ConversionXL

MAY 5, 2020

AMP is an abbreviation for Accelerated Mobile Pages—an optimized HTML framework to speed up web pages on mobile devices. From a development perspective, an easy solution is to add a link that takes recipients to a web-page version of the email.). If you’re not an experienced coder, tools can ease your work. Conclusion.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. Along the way, I was hired full time (I believe about 8 months after I started), a coder from India was hired and another contractor was added to the team. Your last paragraph actually describes a situation I am in. PHP Veteran.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 24, 2010

The rest of the room was filled with designers, coders, and especially designers who code. It was a great group, in a cool space, talking about building web and mobile web services. You didn’t hear about it, that is, unless you followed some of the most innovative designers and developers in Brooklyn. That’s kind of the point.

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Coder New York Venture Capital Cofounder 96

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

If I grant equity to a outsourced developer for future services after his initial contract with me is delivered on, where on the capitalization table do I place him? Is it reasonable to not have equity in a startup as a first employee ? Founder or employee? 125 people are following this question. You can resume live updates if you want.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

We’re not looking for business development people, we’re looking for product guys. An ideal team would be a CEO and 4-5 developers. If you’re not a developer, find someone who is. We discuss Googles plan to pay more to Verizon in order to be on a higher speed connection and get its mobile content to users faster.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Heres the source code,” make sure you finish with something like, “For completion of this project, please have this up and running on a development webserver I can access to test its functionality as described.” The requirements are as follows.”

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

3d - developer, designer and distributor. You can argue that the DNA created by Microsoft's over emphasis on distribution (Steve) and development (Bill), has ultimately cost it $50bn or more in lost revenue, market share and market capitalization. They are many more examples. They are indispensable and the foundation for success.

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