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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

techcrunch.com

So, the Founder Institute has developed a solution to this long-standing pain in the ass that all startups experience. iOS Developer Anki, Inc. Project Manager Dice Holdings Software Engineer, Python, YouTube Google/YouTube Web Developer Yelp Inc. So what do you think? Crunchboard.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. And they have a vested interest in this success. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. You can read Brad’s views of how to do it in his book.

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Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

Duct Tape Marketing

They have a vested interest in how well the company does,” he observes. Aaron Scholthauer, 32, a mechanical engineer who graduated from Johns Hopkins University, has been at SUN Automation for 10 years and is now manager of development engineering. ” Scholthauer has several millennials on his team.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

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Would you want to run the risk that your former employer could have a claim against the intellectual property you’ve created because you broke company policies and developed your ideas on company resources? It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. Founder vesting. Not worth it.

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NEXT by Startup Weekend in Boulder

Feld Thoughts

During my senior year, I took “Startup Essentials for Software Engineering” (taught by Zach Nies of Rally Software) and I can confidently say it was the best class I ever took at CU. We learned how to do customer development, conduct empathy interviews, and build a real MVP (not just an alpha version).

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Vest, young man. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. Great Article!

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

blog.expensify.com

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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