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SXSW Startups: TransferFi

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. This has created a natural ecosystem of technology startups, investors, and services.

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One Startup’s Story: The Evolution Of An Outsourcing Strategy

ReadWriteStart

At any startup, the first hurdle is the lack of resources – lack of funds, lack of manpower, lack of time. See also Are Crowdsourcing And Outsourcing No-Nos For Startups? ). After six months, I was able to sign up a local CTO to help build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that enabled me to secure funding.

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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. Twelve months into my startup journey I had four half-built websites that had been built by my four ex-technical co-founders. ONLY YOU DO!

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e., The discounts?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Or more precisely the people espousing the benefits of distributed startups teams are often distributed and therefore self rationalizing it. Been there.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. I am a Ruby on Rails programmer and have written the first line of code for a few startups. Well as a programmer of many websites I find that it is easier for my clients to consult my ideas first. I do consult people, however I am not looking for work right now.