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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates. Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

He says that intentional Web 2.0 Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. I'd be happy to sign an nda. Is It Sticky? I have a couple of points and resources to add.

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How to Find Great Freelancers on Upwork (Formerly oDesk)

Up and Running

I asked Ben Patterson, our Senior Web Developer here at Palo Alto Software, to share with me his process for choosing freelance workers for projects here at Palo Alto (yes—we use freelancers sometimes too!). Cale Dansbee, president and principal security engineer for Topstone, agrees.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

page, can -- despite the occasional new release from Adobe -- be considered a dead language, with all that this entails (difficulty finding and retaining good developers, vendor lock-in, horrendous cost, poor support, porting nightmares, infrastructure constraints).

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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. I need a good reliable developer and also a mentor to help guide me through the process. Should I require and NDA? However, i need a technical person (web developer) who can bring my vision to life.