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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 3)

Software By Rob

How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. As such, due diligence consumed the majority of the two-month negotiation period between myself and the seller.

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Dan drew up his thoughts around a job description for a web Chief Technology Officer (or Chief Technical Officer), and invited us to follow suit.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Hiring a good team of PHP developers is neither likely nor easy for the non-technical. Like PHP, when hiring Microsoft programmers there’s much to be wary of.NET powers sites of all sizes (though relatively few massive ones) and is very common.NET has some CMS frameworks such as dotnetnuke and Community Server which often distract startups.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

Hiring Poorly. Make sure that new hires understand your rate of innovation. If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. Someone told me recently, Any time Im talking to someone who doesnt work for me already, Im evaluating if I should try and hire them.

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