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Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor

SoCal CTO

Maybe you have questions about the types of developers you need and even whether you need a Startup CTO or Developer or both. Or you want to know about whether you have the right Web Development Company. Or what else you might need in Document Your MVP for a Developer. But the founder is trying to hide the problem.

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates. Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. You are building awareness around your product and, presumably, persuading others of its value. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

There’s a spectrum from descriptive names which speak directly to a product benefit or attribute, to empty vessel names, where it doesn’t mean anything about the product that we’re talking about.&# I'd be happy to sign an nda. View More » Apple 5 Vintage Apple Products That Time Fo.

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How to Find Great Freelancers on Upwork (Formerly oDesk)

Up and Running

I asked Ben Patterson, our Senior Web Developer here at Palo Alto Software, to share with me his process for choosing freelance workers for projects here at Palo Alto (yes—we use freelancers sometimes too!). See Also What You Absolutely Cannot Afford to Forget When Pricing Your Products.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

page, can -- despite the occasional new release from Adobe -- be considered a dead language, with all that this entails (difficulty finding and retaining good developers, vendor lock-in, horrendous cost, poor support, porting nightmares, infrastructure constraints). Why would one chose to develop with a particular framework over any other?

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

maplebutter.com

Building Product 2. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Would it be a good idea clubbing all the other products / services under 1 venture, because some of them are totally unrelated. Then launch.