Steve Blank
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Contract, NDA. _. The test for non-obvious is: given the prior art at the time of the invention, would a typical engineer 1) identify the problem, and 2) solve it with the invention? If you hire subcontractors or friends to do some work, get assignment agreements as well.). . _. software, songs, movies, web site content. _.
ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 18, 2011
and moved from delivery to architecture and developer evangelism to make sure that new hires don't have to have the same bad experiences we all had to go through until companies started appreciating the internet as a platform. QA can look at stuff built just hours before and give feedback by the time the engineers return to work.
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Up and Running
MAY 18, 2015
The way businesses hire employees to get work done is shifting—where once it was considered standard practice to have all work completed in-house, more and more companies are looking to freelance employees to complete projects for them. Would it be sensible to hire a permanent employee for a one-off assignment?
www.reincubate.com
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
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. Hold responsibility for IT governance of platform & services, including telecommunications, networks, infrastructure, engineering, media, and architecture.
www.humbledmba.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
I hired a lawyer, and he gave us an NDA template and told us that anyone that had knowledge of our proprietary data had to sign it. As I reached out to successful investors and entrepreneurs, I made each of them signed my nifty NDA. And while I knew she wouldnt steal it, I needed to be very careful. Oh, and what was the company?
www.virtuosimedia.com
MARCH 8, 2012
Look at online advertising rates for your potential product keywords, industry publications ad rates, search engine optimization fees, and any other advertising avenues you’d like to pursue. Hire someone to do a working prototype/proof-of-concept. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. Rework it as necessary.
www.metamorphblog.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Lots of business-y, idea-type people who say they’re looking for a co-founder are, in reality, looking for what is best described as an “engineering bitch.&# Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid.
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