The Next Web

MAY 16, 2017

We had an inspiring chat with Alex Klein, CEO and founder of Kano, a company that builds computer and coding kits for kids of all ages. Hiring interdisciplinary coders who could help keep kids really engaged on their self-made computers. Kano’s winning metric? This is his story, use it to your advantage.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2017

Christina Sass is co-founder and COO of Andela, a company that locates, trains, and staffs world-class engineers in Africa for hire by tech companies in the US and elsewhere. They’ve sparked a movement, cracked the code on finding great coders, and have attracted investors like Mark Zuckerberg.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. Just last week, start-up supremo Naval Ravikant of AngelList wrote how the “oversupply” of founders starting companies is making it harder to hire for the average startup. Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”. Thursday, 8 March 2012.

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The Next Web

MARCH 9, 2014

Jason Freedman is the co-founder of 42Floors , making it easy for everyone to rent office space. Kiran was one of our toughest hires. A couple of times a founder was in such a salesy mode that we both knew he was b *g his answers, but he refused to show anything other than total confidence. We knew he had options.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Coder Cofounder 165

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice. No Nonsense.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. This can often lead to introductions to suitable people, or into networks where you can find a technical co-founder.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Often, in very young organizations, those people are simply the founders. Last year, the co -founders of B ack to the Roots talked about their innovation accounting and how they were ignoring sales metrics in order to grow. 4) I’m not a coder; should I bother to apply? Glad you asked.

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Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

Transformify

JULY 25, 2017

" Companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries hire part-time remote workers. . "In " Companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries hire part-time remote workers. Common part-time remote job titles include tutor, writer, coder, interpreter, editor, and customer service representative.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

Look out if they have received funding: Seed funding – means they are just starting out = less people in the company = higher likelihood of working closely with the founder. You can edit your profile to make it impeccable and strike a direct conversation with the hiring manager. Be a founder of something. b) Worked in one.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? But I’m not the only person who does this kind of work.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

Femgineer Coder. If you’re a founder who is still trying to grasp the product roadmap and create a company vision its probably not a good time to hire an engineer. There are a lot of engineers out there who have been burned by founders who pull and push them in a variety of directions. Sweat equity or salary?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. Mechanical mistakes are the result of human mistakes. After an hour with a team talking dirty about deployment, youll know.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Scoring Founder “Dates” On My Own.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

He is, like all of us, an online speaker, coach, consultant, podcaster; but he’s also the founder of WP Elevation , which is the world’s largest business community for WordPress consultants. That’s why they’re hiring us as consultants to solve their problem. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Troy Dean.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2013

Hire the best people you can possibly find and treat them like people, not like interchangeable resources. Our developers are some of the best coders out there, but they’re also film buffs, foodies, musicians, gamers, and marathon runners. At Table XI we employ the whole person. We like that.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. At IMVU, we would occasionally hire someone from a more traditional organization who had a hard time letting go of their “best practices&# and habits.

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Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. And the very cool thing about being funded is that means they are hiring. 9 Recession Proof Your Programming Skills - Nick Berardi’s Coder Journal on 04.16.09 Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. at 11:31 am [.]

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Should founders have anti-dilution rights?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. They hire local employees or family. From day one, the founders believe that their vision can change the world. They hire the best and the brightest.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? more) Sign up for free to read the full text.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Rockstar v.

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Ability to hire top talent (A+ talent). you can hire for those. Maple Butter.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Ben is the Chief Executive Olarker (CEO) and co-founder of Olark Live Chat. In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Olark, Ben Congleton, talks about the building of Olark and how they’ve differentiated themself in such a competitive industry. He's the chief executive o Larker and co-founder of O LA Live Chat.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2022

Brennan is the Co-founder of RightMessage, writes weekly at Create & Sell, and wrapping up a new book on personalized marketing. Brennan Dunn is the co-founder of RightMessage, a software company that helps you uncover who’s on your website, what they do, and what they’re looking for from you. With technology.

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Customer Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 85

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build. I don’t know any developers. I need money for the servers.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Luckily for me, my co-founders eventually prevailed and we went on to build a product that customers actually wanted. As a fellow coder, I empathizes with you about having to throw away work that wasnt broken in anything but a business sense. But code written that doesnt help the company succeed is a sunk cost. Thanks for sharing.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 98

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

How many people - coders - do you think a small startup with a 6mm pages/month site should have? ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. but Im always short in hands.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 60

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

The idea is to build a hit that would make the founder(s) an appealing and quick talent acquisition (sometimes referred to as an acq-hire). Lastly, large companies that seek new talent will likely hire promising individuals through a small exit. This should also help valorize you in a acq-hire scenario.

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Lean Startup Agile Coder 144

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. A BD person at an aqui-hire will write a book on the art of the deal. in funding, and expand from 3 employees to 13—three of which I’d recruited and hired. Our engineers are better coders.

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Startup Venture Capital IPO Viral 147

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The interesting thing about working with angels (the tech founder kind) is that they’ve all run their own startups before so there is instant resonance with what you’re going through, the issues you’ll face and how to best help. Founders need to see eye-to-eye or things will be very difficult. Speak human! (0:46:20)

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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? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each.

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? Lakshman Prasad • Nov 16, 2010.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

In fact, I am convinced that if you could find some of IMVU’s earliest adopters, they would say something like this: “sure, those guys at IMVU HQ were helpful in writing code and stuff, but in the end they were just the hired help. It was really the community who built that product.&# " I couldn't agree more.

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Community Management Lean Software Review 158