techcocktail.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
be the manager and product developer). As you grow, think about the right timing for bringing on more people with specific roles, but remember – hire slow, fire fast. As Tony Hsieh of Zappos pointed out during his DCWEEK visit, bad hires have accounted for millions of lost dollars through the years.
blog.wepay.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
» 6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup By Rich Aberman Despite the obvious look of shock and panic on the faces of my WePay teammates, I recently committed my first lines of production code. I’m not trying to become a developer. Trust me, there’s a ton of other stuff that needs to get done at WePay.
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blog.wepay.com
APRIL 28, 2010
» 6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup By Rich Aberman Despite the obvious look of shock and panic on the faces of my WePay teammates, I recently committed my first lines of production code. I’m not trying to become a developer. Trust me, there’s a ton of other stuff that needs to get done at WePay.
viniciusvacanti.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
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.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 30, 2010
A virtual assistant (VA) is a remote worker hired to complete tasks you should not be doing as the founder of a startup. There are two key points during the life of your startup where your life will be much easier if you use a virtual assistant (VA): While proving out your product/market. After your product launch.
www.quora.com
JANUARY 16, 2011
Sure, it garners the "winning " reply above, but in reality I find the answers below by Cody Riddar that directs the asker to go hire an inexpensive prototype development team much more helpful than the "leading answer" that gives the "Quora rockstar engineer" point of view. did the question!
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
But six months in, you’re gonna cry when you see someone else put out that same product you’re pitching me right now. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. No phone system.
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