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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

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Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

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CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. Also, founders who pitch me when they themselves live in separate locations don’t get very far with me. This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. Here are my personal biases: 1.