SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Hire a Product Design Lead First Nailing that elusive technical co-founder I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Michael, politely, says in an email: "I have done web analytics for five years, I have mastered Omniture, WebTrends and Google Analytics, I provide analysis and not just reporting. My goal is to climb the ranks and increase my salary." I am getting to how you can increase your salary part. Please stick with me.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. This time, I decided to handle the process myself. To sum up, heres what I would do again as a non-technical founder looking for a technical co-founder or CTO. Shes going to have a big impact on Minteds future.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He We were painting a picture of hypertext on every desktop computer. The response from across the country?

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

They can easily get great benefits and a six figure salary. Email (required; not published). Now, however, it really is time to have some dedicated partners on this project to build the vision, and I’m starting the search for technical co-founder again. If yes, hire a contract developer.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I used to work for a company called Canonical, and there was a kid called [Abayomi] sent me an email one day. And he sent me an email basically saying that he would earn money around his village doing chores. It’s part of the product.” This is actually in the very first page of my new book, People Powered.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Hire everyone you need as an employee. A couple years in, I got married and left on my honeymoon for two weeks to Kenya – where I had no email or phone connectivity much of the time. After launching our Windows online backup service five years ago, our CTO pitched that we should focus on launching our Mac version next.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. 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. The salary offered (and accepted) was quite low.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

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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. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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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? Feel free to include your URL and email for anyone to contact you. Hire one from each.

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