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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At Galvanize at 6:00 pm.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

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. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Are DEMO's days numbered? They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► September. (2). Angie's List or AngelList? ► July. (1).

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

screenshots, clickable demo, out in the market? Development for equity. Naval – Pedigree is just a signal point. Lots of founders are college dropouts. A lot of us in the room are starting mobile companies. What do you need? when should we raise seed? . Rick – it depends on the people. What else do VCs provide besides cash?

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

Someone who is egotistical enough to call themselves a rockstar, yet humble enough not to want 99% of the equity? I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Would love to hear your insights sometime into how to partner with engineers. Insightful. Thanks much.