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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Angie's List or AngelList? ► July. (1). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating.

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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. I started an app 3 months back which is blend of user demands and social network but yet to finish it.