SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. He wants a person who knows mobile development pretty well who can help direct the action (the expert), and he wants someone who is a good coder who can learn to build out the needed mobile application (the developer).

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2018

You also have to account for difficulties around intellectual property transfers and other similar deals, as it’s not rare to hear horror stories of companies that get put in a really compromising position by an overseas “partner”. Power Is a Big Drain.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

My co-author and business Partner Bob Dorf spends much of his time traveling the world teaching countries and companies how to run the Lean LaunchPad program. The program is funded by the Colombian government and modeled after the NSF Innovation-Corps program created and built by my partner and co-author Steve Blank.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

My co-author and business Partner Bob Dorf spends much of his time traveling the world teaching countries and companies how to run the Lean LaunchPad program. The program is funded by the Colombian government and modeled after the NSF Innovation-Corps program created and built by my partner and co-author Steve Blank.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

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. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 23, 2015

That night I met Dave Jilk, my first business partner and one of my best friends. He was Course 6 and easily one of the best coders around, even though we didn’t call them coders there. My dad, a doctor, was a small partner in a bunch of real estate partnerships. Dave was a senior and I was a freshman.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Referrals from your investors (or potential investment partners) are ideal.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 24, 2018

We create custom solutions to meet the needs and standards of every single college and university we partner with. Each course provides cutting-edge analytics and real-time data that provide visibility regarding course engagement, student engagement, progress and success. At Perceivant, no course is the same.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Is there a similar product that already exists that perhaps you can partner with? (ie. Just be upfront to your potential partners about the state that the product is in at the moment (ie. it doesnt exist) and work with them to build something that they would partner with you on. just an example)).

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, my friend Harjeet Taggar, partner at US seed fund YCombinator, tweeted that, increasingly, the problems faced by start-ups they fund are being addressed by other start-ups. Smart people with a lot more experience than me have been observing how the amount of capital required to start a tech company has reduced dramatically.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Failing to find a coder whose vision aligned with ours, we ended up coding ActivityDeck website ourselves. At the same time, my business partner, Jeff Smith, wanted to put his digital marketing talents to use in the space because of his own personal motivations. After graduating from college we wanted to give shape to our idea.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

A great white paper by AGC Partners sheds modern light on this challenge, specifically how technology innovations are “incentivizing and enabling individuals to monetize their skills, time, and possessions like never before.” Also ranked high on the list was properly "training, educating, and rewarding" employees.

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2017

Common part-time remote job titles include tutor, writer, coder, interpreter, editor, and customer service representative. FlexJobs' Founder & CEO Sara Sutton Fell has also launched two additional partner sites, Remote.co

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I got pissed at the situation and decided to start a business with my partner. Fortis is the perfect word to describe our service and company, which comprises former FBI/OIG agents, CMS auditors, and certified coders. We are locked into the negative side because of our brand name, but with increased trust. 23-My daughter suggested.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. If there's a business co-founder with an idea looking to partner with me, they've flunked their first test if they weren't able to raise cash. Hes right on so many levels. Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2013

Karma is real: Be mindful of it in the way you deal with your employees, prospects, business partners, and clients. 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.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 9, 2012

” “Young people have always wanted to change the world,” says Hugo Van Vuuren, a founding partner at the Experiment Fund (xFund), a new seed-stage investor housed at Harvard’s Graduate School of Engineering. What’s new, says Van Vuuren, is that their turning to startups as vehicles to do so. .

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Now I work alone, or with a hand-picked business partner (Jeremy with DotNetInvoice and Mike Taber with the Micropreneur Academy). It shouldn’t really matter if you’re great coder or art designer or project manager. We couldn’t find enough top-notch people to keep me happy. Except it is not.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

If you are a creative guy with a good head for business looking for an engineering partner, send me a summary of your idea and business plan, and I'll do the implementation!" There are no self-appointed rockstar developers which you want to partner with. and therefore deserve the lion's share from any start-up.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 16, 2010

We’re currently running tests to find a good graphics person, then next up will be a coder, a VA and so on until I have a solid team of talented people, all of whom will cost under $1600 a month total to employ full time. I can’t even hire ONE Australian full time on that kind of money, let alone an entire team.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

I first spent time trying to build it myself leveraging open source tools, applying my skills from a single CS class, and trying to be an autodidactic coder. Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? Prior to that, she worked in venture capital at OpenView Venture Partners. Debriefing.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

At the same time, there were several larger players in the market such as Freelancer and Rent-a-coder. It was far more important to prove the platform as a viable and efficient distribution mechanism for a broad range of products and services, and to convince all partners of the unquestioned efficacy of the platform itself.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Our development was a particularly complicated build requiring 5 developers, a systems architect, an html coder, a SQL specialist, 4 testers, 2 designers, a graphic designer, a project manager and a security specialist. It is often said that bootstrapping is cheap. But producing a professional and slick product costs money. Nice article.

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We’ve had some success with hiring interns for fashion design and editorial work, so we were hoping to replicate that with a coder, even in basic HTML, CSS and PHP. There’s definitely a learning curve, but for anywhere between $7-$25 an hour for experienced coders, it’s hard to deny. Want to be featured?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Trust me, once you’ve launched and achieved traction, you’ll have your pick of mentors, VCs, partners and all the legal expenses you need. Partner up? No legal muck.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Since I’m not a coder by profession, building a website is out of the question. Having been a journalist myself, I’ve experienced first hand the pains of sending lists of links or PDF files to editors – or, to anyone interested in my writing portfolio. At that time, I wanted something simple and easy to update.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. have you heard of any luck using outsourced coders from India … or where do you suggest ? Do something together.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

That’s where a good partner agreement comes into play. Not only do you want to allocate ownership, but you want to re-allocate ownership if either partner fails to deliver. Along the way, I was hired full time (I believe about 8 months after I started), a coder from India was hired and another contractor was added to the team.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. No offense, but I honestly think you have no idea what you’re talking about, and your irrational language biases are probably making you lose some really good coders. ” So, essentially you want redneck coders that will kill it and grill it.

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Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

Mistake – Choosing the Wrong Partner or Co-Founder. Your partner is most probably your good-old friend that you feel comfortable hanging out with. Sometimes, friends cannot be partners, just like how sometimes friends can’t be lovers. Choose a partner that shares the common commitment and goal with you.

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hippoland.tumblr.com

AUGUST 16, 2012

Coder/marketer from the Bay Area. I had one very well-known VC partner move my meeting with him 3 times. I was looking for a partner who could help us with more than money, and this was not a good way to start. Elizabeth Yin: co-founder of LaunchBit. Once lived on a tall ship for 5 weeks. 16 8 / 2012.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

Our engineers are better coders. Surpassing expectations was my job--and even then, I was still trying to be good enough for them to add on a *fifth* east coast partner. It''s sad that it took getting fired for this guy to appreciate his friends. Our designer is a better designer. Our CEO is a better marketer. Painful, but true.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I introduced my partners, we spent weeks with the team and felt good rapport. This article was originally published on TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). The #1 lesson learned: having a business partner (50/50) is just like a marriage (although Thomas has never been married). Looking back, what did you learn and what would you have done differently? (0:14:15).

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

He’s a coder himself and believes that any problem can be solved. Since we have APIs, we have opportunities for business models with media and content partners. Corporations and strategic partners, using the Libox platform. We’re currently having conversation with partners in that area.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Would love to hear your insights sometime into how to partner with engineers. But you really arent getting a committed partner.

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