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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? How Do I Start?

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Let's face realities here: it's no doubt tempting and cool for many developers to work for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter to name but a few. Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? Have any candidate sign an NDA. I know, Chris.

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How To Use Partnerships To Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

With a growing number of budding entrepreneurs and small business enterprises spreading across the globe, there is intense competition in every industry you can name. For example, if you own a small web design firm, you can partner with a web development firm. by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com .

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How to Find Great Freelancers on Upwork (Formerly oDesk)

Up and Running

While quotes will maintain the use of the name oDesk, we will refer to the site as Upwork. 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!).

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

maplebutter.com

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. I am trying to target potential customers (web developers) with ads on Facebook but I’m getting zero click thrus.