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Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor

SoCal CTO

Maybe you have questions about the types of developers you need and even whether you need a Startup CTO or Developer or both. Or you want to know about whether you have the right Web Development Company. Or what else you might need in Document Your MVP for a Developer. But the founder is trying to hide the problem.

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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Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates.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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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.

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How To Use Partnerships To Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

For example, if you own a small web design firm, you can partner with a web development firm. This way, you could get web design projects that come your partner’s way while you could refer development projects that are out of your scope.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

I'd be happy to sign an nda. I, like you, do not have my website up & running, but had to begin using my name so I could begin work. Eric Axelson Hi brad. I am a realtor in south jersey/philadelphia who dabbles in naming. I would love the opportunity to brainstorm names for/with you. Please let me know.

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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!). Here are 11 strategies: With the popularity of freelancing comes an often overwhelming applicant pool.

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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).