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Entrepreneurs: regarding equity to developers

chrischandler.name

If you’ve considered finding and asking a developer for his or her time in exchange for sweat equity, I’m going to strongly advise you against it. All the engineers I trust to execute a project swiftly, professionally and with quality, especially under startup conditions, will not touch an upfront equity deal with a 10-foot pole.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

The Tel Aviv center will support Barclay’s international finance operations and expand the British bank’s equities and prime services among others. Facebook is acquiring Snaptu, an Israeli startup that makes Java-based feature phone apps, for an estimated $70 million. FACEBOOK BUYS ISRAELI FEATURE PHONE MAKER SNAPTU.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. These are Java (from Sun),NET (from Microsoft), and three Open Source options: PHP, Python and Ruby. Java stands alone from the four others.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

Java/Azure appliances will come in. Tal Liani, Managing Director, Equities Research-Communications Equipment, Bank of America. Packaged platforms (Force.com/EC2/Azure) are much more likely to succeed than a pure infrastructure play. Do you want to have virtualization to reduce the number of servers to minimum possible?

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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Another option is sweat equity. It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project. Motivation to work for sweat equity is something else that founders tend to take for granted.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

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You can find the latest and greatest Microsoft and Java certified developers here and indeed the entire consulting industry is built around certification. As a result, most people in Malaysia are not familiar with stock options or equity participation. By and large, a lot of it were macro challenges that Malaysia itself faced.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

t have time to learn iOS or Java during the weekend. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Sendgrid : Need to send email out to users? Use Sendgrid! code spaces (svn).