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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

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Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers. These “startups” are almost always mostly-non-technical founders offering 1-2% premoney for a “lead developer” position.

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

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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. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e. Like it or not, you are now entering the dreaded realm of “formal business processes.”

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Choosing Internet Platforms

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A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. Level 1 & 2 Burden is still on the developers, you still have infrastructure. The promise is so great, but the reality is that if you aren't developing something that matches with the models they provide then it represents a challenge.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

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It turns out that there are four distinct types of entrepreneurial organizations; s mall businesses , scalable startups , large companies and social entrepreneurs. Small Business Entrepreneurship. suppose it's because most of them are consumer facing businesses, but boy are they good at communicating. And be generous.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. development is the proliferation of web Apps (e.g. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of the full interview.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -