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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

I was through no fault of my own, through no grand plan of my own afforded a number of opportunities to go to school and to do some really neat and interesting work as a computer engineer and then start a bunch of companies and have some success there. I have a bachelor's in computer science and computer engineering.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

Practically this means that you’ll outsource (most likely off-shore) your design and development, you’ll rent your servers, you won’t have an office and you’ll have no salary. But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. In every population there are some that are both brilliant and malicious. Sjoerd Franken.

Java 107
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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

You make elaborate plans for a product, hire a team of engineers to develop it (people who do this tend to use the term "engineer" for hackers), and then find after a year that youve spent two milliondollars to develop something no one wants. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history.

Startup 105
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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. With that live, you’ll be able to show other smart engineers and advisors that you’re willing to take some risk and build something. A+ engineering talent. Should I require and NDA? Then launch.