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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?

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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. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account? Was debating between two candidates.

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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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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.

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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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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

In the time since our conversation, data and science have shown again and again that wearing masks is an incredibly effective, low-cost and simple way to prevent viral spread. Eric Ries : I think for a lot of people listening, they'll think to themselves, "Wait a minute, I was on social media at the same time as you were.