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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Techcofounder If you’re starting a company, chances are you either are a coder or need a coder. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

When I got to college, I did not see myself as a full-time coder, so I majored in biology, which was my favorite subject at the time. You mention social / viral aspects at both Google Photos and United Online. What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media? How did you do that?

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

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Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Lisa Nicole Bell , Inspired Life Media Group.) Adam Witty , Advantage Media Group. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product. like/+1/follow?

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. If your launch is not immediately successful, you quickly fall into oblivion.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

The kids running amok within Quora (the website) insist on the quasi-fascist myth of the 10x developer who single-handedly is more productive than a whole bunch of incompetent coders (you can imagine the environment they come from.) When Zuckerberg started Thefacebook.com he was a PHP coder (translation: not a real developer).

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Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

ConversionXL

.” April, 2012 – Andrew Chen writes Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing , which goes viral (2.4K In the article, Andrew describes growth hackers as a cross between marketers and coders. Social media drives communication…to drive sales. 5 Social Media Growth Hacks for Small Businesses by Forbes.