Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. Outsourcing your core competency does not work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. The trusted leader.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard. Yesterday, Michael Pope posted an article titled Technical Cofounders Are a Myth. He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Tuesday, August 17, 2010.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Vivek Ravisankar is the CEO and cofounder of Y Combinator alumnus HackerRank — a tech talent community for developers and companies that hire developers. Developers are pushing the envelope, creating, iterating and scaling faster than ever before. The world is speeding up. This story continues at The Next Web.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. Outsourcing your core competency does not work.

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ryanwaggoner.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Me My Work Hire Me Contact Subscribe How to find a technical cofounder 09.10.10 Posted in Development , Entrepreneurship , Posts , Technology by Ryan W. When I was doing freelance development, I had about one pitch per week for an equity-only opportunity. illegitimi non carborundum.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

cofounders. technical cofounder. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. We know, however, that at some point, especially if you yourself are not technically-savvy, there will be a time where getting some technical expertise on the team is essential to continue progressing. Viewed times.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

My contract developers building the app aren’t very responsive. neither you nor your cofounder can code and you’re building a mobile app? He was using 3 rd parties to build his app but he had no expertise on how to manage external developers. While I have all this great feedback on my visual mockups I can’t iterate my product.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Developers. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. This article should also serve as a starting guide for programmers who are approached about becoming technical co-founders. Before You Pitch To A Technical Cofounder.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. The graphic below balances the risks cofounders take with their relative contributions to help answer this question. I love programming, board games, and my wife. This doesnt have to be the case.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Finding a Technical Cofounder by Mike Subelsky on September 17, 2010 Advice View Comments Over the past 18 months I’ve had the same conversation with about ten entrepreneurs looking to start a software-based business. As Dave Troy put it, it all boils down to this: “In Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Cofounders Find You!&#

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. Ynon started as shareholder, board member & advisor and switches to full-time executive. Danny and Ynon in a way will switch roles.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

A hire or two that you should have been able to close won’t join. It doesn’t matter what industry, what product, what revenue model, what stage of development. Can your lack of interest or skill in “selling” be counter-balanced by a cofounder or team that’s great at it? How does this harm occur? Yes and No.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

by Everett Harper, CEO and cofounder of Truss. Building an infrastructure to automate internal testing allows companies to develop a deployable, scalable, working prototype to the market– and work with customers to meet their needs. Series B: Hiring and Developing Managers.

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Up and Running

JULY 8, 2016

If you’ve ever tried to start a software company or build a mobile app, you’ve probably come across these options for getting it out there: Find a technical cofounder. Hire a freelancer to build your app. You need someone who is very technically capable, has time to work on the project, and has a passion for what you’re doing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2013

Also, trusted advisors and experienced investors should be polled for good candidates. The CEO must focus on key management team hires and assume a few mistakes which need to get fixed. A great hire can make a company, but a single bad one can break it. entrepreneur cofounder startup investor dream team business'

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Real Advice.

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SoCal CTO

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. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders. I want to reflect on my experience as a non-technical founder and reassess my original decision – almost two years ago – to stick to what I’m good at, and not waste time learning to code. guest author. Thursday, February 23rd, 2012.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. Just last week, start-up supremo Naval Ravikant of AngelList wrote how the “oversupply” of founders starting companies is making it harder to hire for the average startup. There are certainly many talented technical people out there. Thursday, 8 March 2012.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Hire a designer on day one. Great design maximizes the impact of technical innovation. While developers are programming Feature One, our designer can work on Feature Two with our customers. Only when Feature Two is completely validated by users, developers will start programming. Search for your non-technical cofounder.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. She is committed to improving representation in Austin’s technology landscape.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

However, they tend to be extremely difficult to navigate especially if you do not have a cofounder from and/or experience in that country. If you sell to businesses and/or has proportionately more sales/business development people in your company you are a Sales Oriented Company. Indonesia from day one. How do you know what are you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. Technical founder. And my specialty was computer networks.

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The Next Web

JULY 13, 2012

The vision of Quick Left, it would seem, is to be somewhat of a technical cofounder as-a-service. It’s a Web and mobile apps design and development company that partners with others of various sizes in order to help them make the important decisions that they might not be qualified to decide themselves.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

You’ll need the EIN to pay taxes for your business, apply for licenses and permits, open a bank account, and hire and pay employees. Innovation can be a product, design, or a process of doing things to solve a technical problem. Develop a founders agreement. Also, you can invest in business accounting software.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

According to Lee M Von Kraus, PHD and a mentor at Clarity.fm, “Early stage startups are usually pre-money startup that are bootstrapping the early development of a product.”. You are looking for cofounders that can help you build a product. You have finally found a cofounder that can take care of the startup. Commitment.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In the last five years, I’ve managed to find the time to write, publish and promote multiple books, including two award-winning bestsellers , develop a web application, maintain a blog, and present at conferences. In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. Enter the Craziness.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 20, 2014

With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. We help founders develop a deep understanding of the problem so that they don’t have to rely on gut alone. FINDING A COFOUNDER. Our unique model allowed him to get started straight away.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Before becoming a founder, I worked at Aviary for two years and then Dwolla for two years (the latter with my future cofounder Michael Schonfeld ). We ended up developing Upstream from that. The first was that unless you had technical abilities, spinning up a DAO was very difficult. So that was the start.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. – Hire more non-Partner staff. – Hire more Partners. For a VC fund to be actively engaged in a large number of investments, it needs to hire more Partners to sit on more boards.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? If you read a lot of these though you start wondering if the only route into the world of web startups is to be a developer or computer engineer of some kind.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

What about hiring, taxes, llcs, operations, scaling? Get a technical co-founder. The toughest part is that my cofounder and I are non-technical co-founders. Without a good team, you’re only as good as the slowest person, especially in software development. Getting overwhelmed by the big picture.

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