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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business. So my advice to CTO / Founders?

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Recruiting Startup Engineers | Femgineer

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If you’re a founder who is still trying to grasp the product roadmap and create a company vision its probably not a good time to hire an engineer. There are a lot of engineers out there who have been burned by founders who pull and push them in a variety of directions. Sweat equity or salary?

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6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup

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At some point, I’ll write another post about what a non-engineer does, or should do, during the early stages of product development. As the only non-developer at WePay, it’s pretty tempting to become technically helpless. Technical support, and a team of developers does not an IT department make. Programmers !=

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6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup « WePay.com

blog.wepay.com

At some point, I’ll write another post about what a non-engineer does, or should do, during the early stages of product development. As the only non-developer at WePay, it’s pretty tempting to become technically helpless. Technical support, and a team of developers does not an IT department make. Programmers !=

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Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution

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Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. Need $25,000 for product development? ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteBiz. ReadWriteEnterprise. ReadWriteCloud.

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Beware The Consultant

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If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed , follow me on Twitter , connect with me on Quora. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Networking (20). Interview: Benjamin Satterfield, Co-Founder & CEO TestFlight. |.

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Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

Win, lose or draw, these students have a life changing experience where they can network and get smarter as they see what good startup thinking looks like. And even if you don’t win, participation in the event itself can open up your network and lead to possible future possibilities. I hate business plan competitions.