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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

It would make a lot of sense for someone else to just come along and build our hardware and sell our software without paying for 15 people doing development and engineering, but nobody did that. The article and HN are concerned with software. Think about that, people wont even steal your ideas if you give them the plans.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

You dont want mere voting; you need unanimity. I wanted to work in the pure, intellectual world of software, not deal with customers mundane problems. People who dont want to get dragged into some kind ofwork often develop a protective incompetence at it. You just try to get people to payyou for stuff. Thats nonsense.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. How I can find the right investor (software)? I’m a web designer but I need to find a dependable software developer to team with. How did you find your passion?

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

blog.expensify.com

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. NET and PHP, I can tell you the average.NET guy knows far more about good software design than the average PHP guy. In every population there are some that are both brilliant and malicious.

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