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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Need a Technical Co-founder? Hire a Product Design Lead First

This is going to be BIG.

Every business person with a dollar and a dream these days thinks they’re a technical co-founder away from interweb stardom. That’s something that a business founder might have some ideas about, but it really takes a product manager to weigh resource constraints, internal input, customer demands, etc. It just works.

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New Meetup on Building Tech Tools for Private Equity+VC Investors

David Teten

My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. Founders/C-suite executives at technology companies primarily focused on working with investors in private markets. I also teach Front-End Web Development at General Assembly.

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What’s the Difference Between a Small Business Venture and a Startup?

Up and Running

In comparison to traditional business ventures, startups are expected to grow rapidly, at a rate of between 5% and 7% per week in their initial stage – Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. “Startups looking for angel investors or venture capital (VC) absolutely need an exit strategy because investors require it.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

VENTURE CAPITAL. AMAZON WEB SERVICES. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Web Developer. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier. Contact Us.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

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? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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How To Hire An Outsourced Web Designer And Survive The Process

David Teten

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. First you need to understand the different types of website-building professionals.

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