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MARCH 1, 2007

The articles I cited there around finding co-founders suggests that Ben is on the money. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? What I mentioned in Events and Networking in Los Angeles was that its somewhat hard in LA to count on networking events to build networks. No small task Ben.

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MARCH 2, 2015

I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO.

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MAY 22, 2012

Of course, given the size of this list and having kids, I really can't attend a lot of these. So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.

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JUNE 9, 2010

But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-Founder of Kayak - OnStartups , May 10, 2010 I’m just wrapping up several weeks of attending conferences across both coasts. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. was having coffee with a friend who teaches at the U.C.

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APRIL 25, 2017

Here is the most recent version of an all too common email inquiry from a startup founder. I'm working on a start up idea in the XXX market with my partner and we are currently looking for full stack developer to join us as a technical co-founder. Homework I don't think that this founder has looked at my blog or my background.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 9, 2007

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute. That's a great point, but also one that I think a lot of founders overestimate.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Let’s consider some questions I might have: I want to find a co-founder for my startup. I’m interested at some level in co-founding startups if they fit the right criteria. How do you ensure that both parties get value? Everything is Matching The real promise comes about as we get better tools for navigating all of this.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 13, 2007

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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MARCH 12, 2007

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Some items from the pod cast: 100,000 - babies born as a result of relationships started on eHarmony 15M registered 1% of marriages in US this year resulting from eHarmony I dont know if these are true, but still, the impact of the vision of the original founders Neil Clark Warren and Greg Forgatch is amazing.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Part of the discussion around this is the talk about the founder who only got $83M (as compared to $3xxM for the other founders) who bailed out early and choose to go back to school. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 5, 2007

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

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AUGUST 29, 2013

The SBAs are a key part of the [link] event which is co-sponsored by USC’s Marshall School of Business, School of Cinematic Arts, and Viterbi School of Engineering. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment.

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MAY 15, 2009

and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. A creator and producer of social media, Michael’s responsibilities include leadership for the design team, concept creation and strategic consulting for highly engaging interactive experiences. He is known for being able to monetize the social web.

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MARCH 22, 2007

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending. It should also give a sense of what I covered to people who were not there.

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JULY 13, 2010

One of the highlights of my trip was a startup dinner which included Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. Pivoting - Chris Dixon , June 14, 2010 My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far? Now I have.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Research in Motion (RIM).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. I'm very sensitive to it though because I know it can be devastating to a startup, especially a single founder startup. Dying at 70?

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APRIL 28, 2014

I guess it should not be a surprise that Founders have lots of challenges working with developers. Challenges I started by asking the founders in the room to tell me some of the challenges they have working with developers. Developers (and Founders) are challenged to know how much is okay in terms of bugs.

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JUNE 14, 2008

Next up: Joe Andrieu CEO/Founder, SwitchBook Chair, Project VRM Standards Committee Key questions - Will it accomplish what you need? Now up: Craig Ogg Co-Founder Freshly Grated Software former VP of R&D, Stamps.com Have had to make choices about platforms many times. Will it survive as long as you need?

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MAY 4, 2010

- A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , April 19, 2010 5 Tips On VC Alignment: Discuss The Exit Before You Enter - OnStartups , April 29, 2010 Founder Agreements – Vesting, Vesting and more Vesting - High Contrast , April 25, 2010 Web Sites and Books for Novice Programmers - Feld Thoughts , April 25, 2010 Adding a Co-Founder In 140 Characters (..)

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks). Using a Virtual Personal Assistant for Your Startup - ReadWriteStart , September 5, 2010 ReadWriteWeb Co-Editor Marshall Kirkpatrick recently extolled the virtues of Amazon's Mechanical Turk for " rocking conference blogging." Google, and Facebook.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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MARCH 16, 2007

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Startup Culture Lessons From Mad Men - OnStartups , July 26, 2010 The following is a guest post by Brian Halligan who is my co-founder and CEO at HubSpot (which means he gets to do most of the really hard work). Consider the case of the last company I co-founded, SiteAdvisor. graph consists of a set of nodes connected by edges.

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