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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. Startup founders are driven to solve problems and make a difference – many want to literally change the world. Sometimes that will include pivoting the company, sometimes that will see the chair step in to act as CEO so the founder can fully recharge. Risk and reward.

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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder

nikcub.appspot.com

Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. This can often lead to introductions to suitable people, or into networks where you can find a technical co-founder.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? In the early days no one can tell your story better than you. Start a blog.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company?

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Should I offshore? Why bootstrap?

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A family-friendly work environment is a powerful recruiting and retention tool

David Teten

Many early-stage companies do not have these issues top of mind, because so many founders are pre-children. I think it’s similar, but far easier, than managing people offshore. However, even people without children often end up having them somehow. .

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

David Teten

What are the terms of their relationship with the founder? I’ve also asked this question on Quora.There, I ask for advice on how to best structure this for all parties: The development shop, the founders (outside of the dev shop), and potential outside investors. What are the timelines? The discounts? The cliffs? The fine print?