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We’re all coders

Start Up Blog

As a startup entrepreneur I often get asked if I’m coder. A language which then becomes our own personal operating system. Yes, we’re all coders. I used to say no. My answer used to be something like: our job as an entrepreneurs is to organise the factors of production, not be them.

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Founder Challenges with Startup Development Teams and CTOs

SoCal CTO

Unfortunately, having a technical background and being a good coder doesn''t necessarily translate well into being a good CTO. This obviously extends beyond the development team and requires integration with (or ownership of) support and operations. Getting processes into place and operating effectively takes some time.

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Technical recruiting is broken: Here are 4 ways to hire better

The Next Web

To put it bluntly, software is eating the world and everyone needs coders. Each of these companies obviously operate in different ways, but he has NO clue what to expect in each interview. For a long time, hiring technical talent was something just for software companies and startups, but this is no longer the case.

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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. Our biggest accomplishment is having graduated over 700 students and built an operation that spans across the Atlantic with campuses in Miami, Madrid, Barcelona, and Paris.

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How To Optimize Your Business Expenses

YoungUpstarts

There’s a lot to be said about the crunch culture permeating the tech industry, and most companies have started to realize the negative impact on their operations recently. And when you draw your own bottom line, it won’t look pretty either – all that overtime can make things complicated in your accounting.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

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. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. Details coming soon!)

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

But that’s not to say that every established company developing personal grooming products is operating risk-free. 4) I’m not a coder; should I bother to apply? 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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