Up and Running

JULY 8, 2016

If you’ve ever tried to start a software company or build a mobile app, you’ve probably come across these options for getting it out there: Find a technical cofounder. You need someone who is very technically capable, has time to work on the project, and has a passion for what you’re doing. Hire a freelancer to build your app.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

With a concentration on providing a more diverse workforce, Capital Factory and Opportunity Hub are partnering in 2019 to converge on the Austin tech scene this spring at SXSW. OHUB@SXSW | Opportunity Hub (OHUB) Thursday, March 7 Opening reception and fireside chat with Priscilla Chan, Cofounder, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 4:00 PM?—?8:00

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Real Advice.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. However, it definitely has served as a hub.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. I guess if you do more than one, I guess by definition, that’s serial.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. 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. There are certainly many talented technical people out there. Yiannopoulos.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital , reports that “37% of our portfolio companies would be considered ‘impact’ qualified companies. Feenix Partners reports that “35% of our portfolio companies have either a female or minority (non-Caucasian) CEO or Owner.” .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

Want meet one of his key investors, USV partner Albert Wenger ? This time on mysterious party bus to nowhere but situated with the CTO & Cofounder of Living Social, Aaron Batalion. I couldn’t have said it any better replacing music with tech. Want to hang out with Dennis Crowley ? He was there, too. Just hanging out.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

cofounders. technical cofounder. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. We know, however, that at some point, especially if you yourself are not technically-savvy, there will be a time where getting some technical expertise on the team is essential to continue progressing. Viewed times.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. The graphic below balances the risks cofounders take with their relative contributions to help answer this question. I love programming, board games, and my wife. This doesnt have to be the case.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. Do you know how many female or minority partners the firm has? Do you care?

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Are you inventing new technical solutions to a problem? If you use a piggy-back services like those mentioned above, you are simply being shielded from the technical requirements of the web by another company. In other words you are outsourcing the technical aspects of your startup. But it sure does seem to help!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2013

There you can connect with thousands of potential executives and partners, or find a planned meetup in a city near you. Also, trusted advisors and experienced investors should be polled for good candidates. entrepreneur cofounder startup investor dream team business' There are several books written on this subject.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

How many employees would a medium-sized business have in your definition? Some people have different definitions of that. I mean they have these definitions. Meetings are definitely one of those places, but email is another primary way that that comes in. Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying. Edwin: Yes.

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Scalable Startup

MARCH 26, 2012

It will include travel, employee issues, hiring, firing, product design, cash burn, a new facility, the next funding round and some client and partner visits. By definition, in the final step of making many decisions is you alone making them. The Google founders surrounded themselves with a dozen moentors and advisors.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For most of my career, I’ve served startups and early-stage companies as an operating executive or advisor. When this dispersion of focus starts to occur more frequently, or significant parts of the organization show signs of obvious neglect, it’s definitely time to bring in help. someone to be that true partner).

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. You’re trying to discover a product that will work for some market, while also being a hugely motivating space for you and your cofounders to work in for (potentially) ten years.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 20, 2014

My partner Dharmesh Raithatha wrote the post below on the Forward Partners blog earlier this week. With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. FINDING A COFOUNDER. Are you a solo founder with an idea? TRUSTPILOT REVIEW.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2015

My cofounder, Jason Keck, heads up our tech and runs everything related to our app. We share marketing and management duties and also have an active Advisor, Andy Jackson, who is based in Denver and handles our Business Development. The lesson there is that you can benefit from having a great cofounder.

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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. Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. Partner up?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Ohad Frankfurt is the cofounder and CEO of Swayy , a personalized content curation and management platform. Having your own office to work from is nice, but it’s definitely not a must-have when working as a small team. Sometimes, it was a technical issue that other founders helped us to solve. Coworking space.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? 24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer. Rockstar v.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. We been managing the field by plan more than 75 enterprise customers and channel partners. Each one starts from a different place and a different definition of that. Q: Enterprise by definition is settled law. And the technical term is, fool. Why not take a stab?

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. What will that partner tell their partners?

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm , the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. “You’re just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maid.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. That’s definitely a waste of time no matter who you are. Patrick: Definitely. So, my initial gut says that you’re definitely not going to want to go after the people with little money in their checking account. Cool, thanks.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. Steve also teaches my Lean LaunchPad course at Berkeley and Stanford, and is the cofounder of Kinetrope, a product design shop working on bringing to market devices in the area of entertainment and IoT. Steve Weinstein , CEO of MovieLabs.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

But I definitely have to do it somewhere, at least once. Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Doing so would extend your posts’ comments sections while adding little value. You’ve been top of my entrepreneurship mentors/heroes for over a year now.

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