Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours. If you have a technical background and you are focused on product development, consider a co-founder with a sales and marketing background that can focus on selling your world class product. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s.

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www.aaronkharris.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I recently left one of the worlds largest hedge funds, and finance in general, to launch Tutorspree. Im a private tutor on Tutorspree Text Aug 23, 2010 @ 9:08 pm Permalink We have a CTO, and so can you! At that point, I shifted a major part of my time to tech specific networking, as did Josh. How am I going to do that?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. Always seek input.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. Quite frankly, waiting provides more assurance around employment risk without the commensurate sacrifice in equity comp. A reason might be that negotiation techniques are not a part of their training.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

At 6Wunderkinder, our motivation is a combination of passion for what we’re doing (creating the best productivity software in the world) as well as our strong and endless will to build up an impressive team and business. I launched a product, and everything went wrong. Within weeks of starting the company we already launched a product.

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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? This ties into this Paul Graham article: [link] /equity. This answer.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

In my last post, I mentioned that you should strive to hire people with the right kind of ambition. That may have worked in the past but I believe today, the company’s success and the executive’s success should go hand in hand, not one coming as a by-product of the other, particularly as described above. Stay in your place.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Finance, IT, Legal).

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Noah has been a key figure in the making of LivePlan, our own SaaS product. A description of the problem you’re solving for your customers, and your solution to the problem, which is usually your product or service. In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

It is interesting to see the emphasis that both Twitter and Quora have put on product design, not just engineering. Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. 14 Comments • Nov 15, 2010 +1 for use of Platonic.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Startup companies consume resources intelligently, put people to work in efficient ways, and produce market driven products at lower costs. Joe Betts-LaCroix – CTO, OQO. Hiring and Firing. July 14th, 2009: Implement hiring policies and practices. Description: When to hire and when to fire? What to outsource.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

It means they have to deal with finances and customers and investors and other things that aren’t what they love to do, which is building software. I absolutely want cofounders when the time comes. ” I believe that by this he means they want cash rather than equity. What is the product? 60s elevator pitch).

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Dec 26, 2009).

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

These professionals can help with anything from finance to marketing, but you wont find any software engineers volunteering their services. Eventually I was able to scrape up a few bucks and hired Sarah to build me a website prototype. Eventually Ill hire a software geek of my own, but right now Im doing just fine without one.

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