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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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How and where to find a co-founder for your startup

The Next Web

By identifying the necessary roles, you can figure out how many cofounders you need. Social media channels can surprisingly lead you to potential partners as well. Better yet, niche job boards, like Dice for technical hires, can cater to your specific needs. How to go about it?

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Go BIG Network This site helps investors, startups, service providers, and advisors find each other. Because there’s a fee to post jobs and resumes, there’s not much spam.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I use my social media and massive amounts of public outreach to bring awareness to my program (my Instagram grew to 12,000 engaged followers). I was tired of reading about dog food company recalls every time I opened up the news or social media. Thanks to Tonya Veasey, Open Channels Group (OCG) ! #43

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. What are other people always complaining about? What do your friends want?

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. After some searching, TripAdvisor found a magical business model, representing social media and user-generated content at its best. and EBITDA margins are 47%. Think about that.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. Ron Oh and another factor to bring reality to the table - Sometimes you find out your cofounders suck.