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Entrepreneurs: regarding equity to developers

chrischandler.name

If you’ve considered finding and asking a developer for his or her time in exchange for sweat equity, I’m going to strongly advise you against it. All the engineers I trust to execute a project swiftly, professionally and with quality, especially under startup conditions, will not touch an upfront equity deal with a 10-foot pole.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

” Data Collective prides itself on its deeply technical core team, and the Big Data chops of its extended group of 35 equity partners, who, while Data Collective wouldn’t reveal specific names, all work or have worked at companies like Akmai, Zynga, LinkedIn, Apple, Facebook, Salesforce, Twitter, IBM, Citrix, Airbnb and VMware.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

Hiring Of all the issues we ran into when we first built our team, hiring was the most critical. So when you first start building your team, the most important hire should be your lead architect. The cliches of hiring the best of the best is as true in Malaysia as it is in the US. Culture creation is not easy.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

If they hire an accountant to help prepare and file their taxes that may cost around $500. Another option is sweat equity. It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

Each of those ten people have great ideas and passion for their ventures but they are lacking a technical cofounder or the money to hire a programmer. These entrepreneurs are looking for a technical cofounder and that person who will build a prototype from their idea in exchange for equity in the business.

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How I Found a Great CTO

www.huffingtonpost.com

Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. Size of Opportunity - market size, revenue or usage, exit outcome and their ability to get equity early are all important. Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. ­om migrated off Drupal.

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Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder | Vinicius Vacanti

viniciusvacanti.com

Hire a Programmer The Hope: You’ll use the programmer to build a prototype that will get you traction and experience. You know how to product manage and you’ve hired programmers before. I recommend you start by reading this post on how to hire a programmer. We tried this at Yipit and failed.