Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Can an established organization with a recognized brand, proven revenue stream and an employee count in the hundreds or thousands embrace these principles? TheLadders’ subscription model has proven to be successful and the company has enjoyed solid growth with the employee count crossing 400 recently.

Lean 165

Lean Software Review SCRUM Non-Compete 165

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. When Zuckerberg started Thefacebook.com he was a PHP coder (translation: not a real developer). You, a creative guy?

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

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. ” So, essentially you want redneck coders that will kill it and grill it. But my coders will [.] [.].

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Too many people leave their business decisions to coders and designers.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84