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How to Build a Startup Team

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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. So if you do find your duplicate, hire them as soon as possible.

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The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders | TechCrunch

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So, to plug the gap, I hired a contractor full-time with the goal that when funded he would come on as a permanent employee. It was easier for me, I’ve always been a geek, as a kid I was coding in BASIC, and I wrote the html for my very first business’s website by hand. San Francisco, CA. Contact TechCrunch. 2011 Holiday.

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One More Time: No NDAs

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If someone hired you, would you have your lawyer look over the NDA? Expo San Francisco 2010 ) and a whole lot of them are very well positioned. Comments (HTML is okay). These are obvious in retrospect, but some things you have to learn the hard way. dan.sanderson. | May 8, 2010 12:38 PM. hashimwarren. | cassler.net.

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Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups

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Ive taught everyone from hard-core programmers to scripters to HTML-designers to use it properly. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Whichever API you use, URL-based sharding is very easy to understand. And implementing it is easy, too. Every language already has a facility for parsing URLs. Bring your questions.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

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Genetify gives you a JavaScript library for conducting A/B tests on your site’s CSS, HTML and JavaScript variables. Web UI Designer/Developer (HTML/CSS). It’s been called “a simple concept that should sit well with most mathematically inclined types.&# You can also choose to set up Genetify on your own server.

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How To Close The Books on Your Startup

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If you wish to have the player instantiated only after the rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line. -->. Jobs by Simply Hired. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Top From Our Partners. International Journalists Network.

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

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If you wish to have the player instantiated only after the rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line. -->. Jobs by Simply Hired. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Top From Our Partners. Did You Get a New Android Phone?