Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

(Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996).

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

And then there are all the dating anecdotes from my six years in NYC (but that’s a very entertaining book and I’m digressing). Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil. Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

These traits of a software engineer are always in demand by a great number of companies. A business person may have equal or more valuable skills than a software person, but they are not universally understood in the simplistic way that software people’s skills are. Business people have it tougher. Good riddance.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer.

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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. This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. Look what happened to Gawker. Sjoerd Franken.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Or reading books. Rockstar v.

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