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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. A comedian who founded NYC’s Comedy Cellar --an enduring business--Bill has written for TV sitcoms and media companies. For example: Mitch Kapor was a founder of Lotus. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Worst of all, your teammates are constantly wanting to have meetings.

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15 Female Entrepreneurs Share What Changes They Would Most Like to See in Their Industry

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Thanks to Selena Drake, Drake Books & Media. #2 The short answer was no and whilst many of the businesses present had a large technology component to their company, with custom developed software etc they could not present themselves as a tech company. 2 – More Opportunities. Photo Credit: Mella Barnes.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. Development firms that advertise part equity and cash are simply not mature in defining their model, and thus they have no business taking stakes in others.

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StartupRoar - Great Content for Startups

SoCal CTO

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Call it facts for hire. It would be a bit like the hired gun in the old west, but more suited for today’s times. What went wrong?

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What is the perfect startup team?

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Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). Colin Hayhurst , CTO co-founder then CEO of start-up b.