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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

Having a coder as part of the founding team is essential. One interesting thing about the Lean Startup is that it teaches founders about Sales and Marketing (and a bit of finance) without making them get an MBA or a decade of sales experience. All great in theory but simply wrong. It’s an integral part of the company’s DNA.

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Enhance Your Tech Career with Python Training

The Startup Magazine

It is also equally useful in game development, computer graphics, trading and finance, penetration testing, mapping and much more. There aren’t enough well-qualified Python coders. This gap between the demand and supply is another reason for high pay packages are being offered to Python coders. Python is Multipurpose.

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We’re all coders

Start Up Blog

As a startup entrepreneur I often get asked if I’m coder. Yes, we’re all coders. entrepreneurship business code developing entrepreneurs Finance startups technology' I used to say no. My answer used to be something like: our job as an entrepreneurs is to organise the factors of production, not be them.

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UsIng a Web Design App to Launch Your Startup Website

The Startup Magazine

Nuances related to layout, graphics, device and browser compatibility, media handling and performance are time consuming to even the most proficient coders. You need to easily integrate with purchase and finance platforms. What you don’t need is to replicate the purchase and finance platforms like Shopify and PayPal.

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

Techcofounder If you’re starting a company, chances are you either are a coder or need a coder. Coders can create anonymous profiles and accept solicitations to work on projects or join a team. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location. This site will help you out either way.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

Many people at a young startup are trying to manage their finances like the rest of their user base. But I know enough to know that daily decisions / trade-offs are made by technology coders who have never spent a day with their customers. I think a company that did an exemplary job with this was Mint.com.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) We handed our offices over to our friends at General Assembly , who now use the space to train LA’s next generation of coders. They have raised company profiles and made follow-on financings easier.