The Next Web

MARCH 9, 2014

Jason Freedman is the co-founder of 42Floors , making it easy for everyone to rent office space. A couple of times a founder was in such a salesy mode that we both knew he was b *g his answers, but he refused to show anything other than total confidence. He’s a two-time Y Combinator alum and blogs regularly on humbledMBA.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Techcofounder If you’re starting a company, chances are you either are a coder or need a coder. Coders can create anonymous profiles and accept solicitations to work on projects or join a team. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location. This site will help you out either way.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2011

Together with Osma Ahvelampi (CTO, Sulake ) and Teemu Kurppa (co-founder, Jaiku ), I was a mentor to those teams. In some cases, coders will go into another room than the designers and the team leader. It gathered 120 hackers from Finland, Estonia and Latvia under the same roof and challenged them to go from zero to demo in 48 hours.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

Vivek Ravisankar is the co-founder of Y Combinator alumnus, HackerRank , a platform for coding contests used by programmers to hone their skills and a tool for companies to streamline their own recruiting process. To put it bluntly, software is eating the world and everyone needs coders. Learn to look past a resume.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

When I got to college, I did not see myself as a full-time coder, so I majored in biology, which was my favorite subject at the time. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.)

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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. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt the pain of being a ‘non-technical’ founder working on a technical startup. When I first got started in entrepreneurship, it seemed like everybody in the world was pushing me to become a coder. Gary Vaynerchuk Success can come from many different… This story continues at The Next Web.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# But I’m not the only person who does this kind of work.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Both me and my co-founder, Abhishek, met in first year of collage (IIT-Bombay). Failing to find a coder whose vision aligned with ours, we ended up coding ActivityDeck website ourselves. I decided to fuse my writing and storytelling skills with my friend’s web and tech skills to form a digital marketing startup.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Nolo Press has a Web page on employment law that has lots of information. If you are the founder or "chief geek" in your small ISV, take a careful, honest, and objective look at yourself. It really is true that the best coders are gifted with an aptitude. They are perhaps ten times more productive than average coders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

IM Creator is gaining speed on its Israeli competitor Wix.com to become a leading WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web design website. Here is a 60-second tour of IM Creator: IM Creator is bootstrapped with $250k from the founder Jonathan Saragossi, and a few unknown angel investors. mo or $5.95/mo Wix – raised $58.5

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Coder Angel Investor Web Bootstrapping 87

Up and Running

JANUARY 13, 2014

Aron Susman, co-founder of The Square Foot, offers advice on vetting vendors. ” The New-York-based trio had the idea and a well-written business plan , but needed someone with a web-savvy brain to create the site, The Square Foot. . They started looking for website coders and settled on a company they liked.

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Due Diligence Coder Social Media Cofounder 79

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. social network & web portal companies… I have not experienced a slowdown at all.

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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. Josh Golden is the CEO and Founder of Table XI , a Chicago-based web and mobile development, design and strategy firm, and co-founder and managing director of Ebert Digital, parent company to RogerEbert.com.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. It shouldn’t really matter if you’re great coder or art designer or project manager.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

Look out if they have received funding: Seed funding – means they are just starting out = less people in the company = higher likelihood of working closely with the founder. Why not use the web so form your first impression before you ever step into the room for your interview? Be a founder of something. b) Worked in one.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Rockstar v.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. From day one, the founders believe that their vision can change the world. Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family. Buyable Startup s: Born to Flip.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Should founders have anti-dilution rights?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

He is, like all of us, an online speaker, coach, consultant, podcaster; but he’s also the founder of WP Elevation , which is the world’s largest business community for WordPress consultants. Welcome to another episode of the Duck Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Troy Dean. Troy Dean: Hi, John.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

One of the things I found most valuable from participating in the Founder Institute was a lesson about the Golden Circle by Simon Sinek. Nowadays I’m not a great coder, but in 12 months I learned how to rock in HTML/CSS, JS & Python. One of the darkest moments as an entrepreneur for me was to have co-founders leave the company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2022

Brennan is the Co-founder of RightMessage, writes weekly at Create & Sell, and wrapping up a new book on personalized marketing. Brennan Dunn is the co-founder of RightMessage, a software company that helps you uncover who’s on your website, what they do, and what they’re looking for from you. With technology.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Ben is the Chief Executive Olarker (CEO) and co-founder of Olark Live Chat. In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Olark, Ben Congleton, talks about the building of Olark and how they’ve differentiated themself in such a competitive industry. He's the chief executive o Larker and co-founder of O LA Live Chat.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. As founders invest massive amounts of time into their start-up, how critical is it for them to come out of their “hermit caves” and network? Non of this academic stuff.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Much of the content is shared with the Web 2.0 How does this map to the web? Related articles by Zemanta Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps (4cloudcomputing.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup workshop coming soon (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup Talk From Web 2.0 made a big impression. What else?"

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Luckily for me, my co-founders eventually prevailed and we went on to build a product that customers actually wanted. As a fellow coder, I empathizes with you about having to throw away work that wasnt broken in anything but a business sense. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Thanks for sharing. Expo SF (May.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/dinner with some combination of the founders of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter and several brand name venture capitalists. California Dreaming.

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Web Design. No Web convention for a checkout process exists. Christian Holst Christian Holst is the co-author of the research report E-Commerce Checkout Usability , as well as founder of Baymard Institute , where he writes bi-weekly articles about web usability and conversion rate optimization. Newsletter. JavaScript.

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Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. No offense, but I honestly think you have no idea what you’re talking about, and your irrational language biases are probably making you lose some really good coders. ” So, essentially you want redneck coders that will kill it and grill it.

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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. There was one other VC in the room, Charlie O'Donnell, who makes it a practice to be everywhere something is interesting happening.

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Coder New York Venture Capital Cofounder 96

Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place. Just a thought. #7

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Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

Mistake – Choosing the Wrong Partner or Co-Founder. When I started, I had two other co-founders, but I was the only one able to work full time in the business while the other two could only commit on weekends. You just a domain name, a web hosting account and online software, which could be free, thanks to open source.

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