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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

And that he could identify the resources needed, (outsourced contract developers who could build it for him) and he would hire a partner to do so. In a web/mobile startup coding is not an outsourced activity. Having a coder as part of the founding team is essential. Coding is the DNA of a Web/Mobile Startup.

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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. Hiring developers for your tech company undoubtedly involves making some of the most important decisions you’ll reach for your organisation. Go to the coders.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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Entrepreneur That Grew Up In A Household of Educators Creates Solution to Education Challenges

Hearpreneur

There’s many ways to learn but for most developers and coders it’s hard to learn any other way then by doing. Similar to entrepreneurship, the best way to learn to be a web developer is to actively work on projects. Our goal is to ensure that our education delivers high ROI.

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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder

nikcub.appspot.com

Webmasterworld - A popular forum for web developers. SitePoint Forums - A popular marketplace and forum for web developers. Odesk - I have less experience with oDesk - but I have found good developers on the site. It is worth subscribing and browsing the categories and the developers.

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How To Build a Web Development Team Without Technical Expertise

www.collegemogul.com

Startup Advice: Lessons Learned from Building a Development Team View What links here Posted by Fan Bi on July 19th, 2009 Over the past few months, I’ve explored a bunch of different ways to develop a website without a web developer on the Blank Label team. On a bootstrapped budget free is great.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

" 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? When Linus started what later on became Linux, he was at best a wet behind the ears developer. Very few web sites or other start-ups will have the same impact.