David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
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. The question is: how should they be compensated when cofounding a company? equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?
The Next Web
OCTOBER 3, 2012
Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. The other major thing Graham advises startups not to do: “other things” Namely: [D]on’t go to graduate school, and don’t start other projects. Distraction is fatal to startups.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
Edwin: Correct, I fully agree and the name MeetingKing already says that my initial focus definitely was on meetings, right? You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. But we’re just not going to name them as ideal.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2008
Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
Be Careful with Cofounders This was the surprise mentioned by the most founders. There weretwo types of responses: that you have to be careful who you pickas a cofounder, and that you have to work hard to maintain yourrelationship. The lesson: dontpick cofounders who will flake. These were the biggest: 1.
Up and Running
MARCH 1, 2016
If you do have competition, pay special attention to your product name, price range, materials used, what the product claims to do, packaging, and who the manufacturer is. A great way to find potential licensees is to look for products similar to yours and then to look for the name of the manufacturer.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. Second, like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.
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