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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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I was basically a consultant without the payment and I basically got taken advantage of. If you can't do that convincingly, go get investor money and hire a consultant. So to close, a technical co founder and a low cost consultant are not the same thing. Public Relations For Startups. Act accordingly.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. Ted Serbinski: Angel investor Ted Serbinski sold his startup MothersClick to Lifetime in 2008 and joined the cable network as CTO of the ParentsClick Network.

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

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Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite. I was the founding CTO for that company and yes it was end to end Microsoft. March 26, 2011 at 12:17 am. Fred Bosick.

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