crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

How Stripe built one of Silicon Valley’s best engineering teams – [link]. Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Can Money Buy Happiness?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. and also to local advertisements. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Technology Technology Home Online Business Tools Security Phones & Mobile Gadgets Tech Tips Technology The Future of Facebook -- Streaming Live Now. Foregone wages for an engineer aren't the same as foregone wages for a prototype designer. Branding From Entrepreneur to Icon in Five Steps.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Ever met a CTO/VP Engineering or CEO/CTO? Adamac Attack!

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Advertise with GeekWire. Despite the industry’s lackluster returns in recent years, there’s still lots of interest in funds that have good track records or are well-situated to take advantage of broad consumer technology trends,” said Zoran Basich, editor of Dow Jones VentureWire. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers. is it really that the only people who can build great startups are engineers? Engineers don’t always have the best business ideas.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

He is a community and collaboration strategy consultant, advisor and speaker. Jono Bacon: So I think really, we’ve seen a real growth in communities in recent years and especially because technology has been growing so significantly. Technology is just enabling it more than ever before. This is John Jantsch.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. March 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. Nothing essential that I disagree with you in your post, but when read by other people with minimal software engineering experience, they can have too high expectations. I do consult people, however I am not looking for work right now. THANK YOU!!!

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