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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. A Startup is Not Just About a Good Idea.

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More Coders. More Diversity.

Feld Thoughts

Too often, aspiring engineers who lack the funds to pursue a computer science degree from a university or take part in a bootcamp find themselves locked out of technology jobs, despite often severe talent shortages. The post More Coders. The benefits are obvious. Reach out to Heather if you’d like more information. More Diversity.

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Founder Challenges with Startup Development Teams and CTOs

SoCal CTO

I''m spending more of my time recently working with non-technical startup founders who are having challenges with their software/web/mobile development teams. These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. Technical Leader.

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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. The right developer on the other hand can start you off on the correct footing, pivot any incorrect tech choices, network to pull in more skilled coders and motivate them to do their best work.

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Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

www.kernelmag.com

New technology for enquiring minds. The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. It’s long been observed that the barriers to creating a technology start-up have been falling over the past decade or so. Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”. The Kernel. Thursday, 8 March 2012.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

The conversation centered around a founder who's key question is "Where Do I Find a Developer for My Startup?" In this particular case, because mobile development is hot, it was pretty unlikely that this founder would find someone with experience with mobile development willing to jump on this. It's about creation.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

is the CEO and co-founder at ShoutEm , a self service mobile website and mobile apps creator, a ‘Wordpress for mobile apps.’. Steve Jobs is famous for wanting to build computers for normal people, and for making technology very simple and easy to use, but his idea fell onto fertile ground only when the tech market became mainstream.

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