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Where to find software developers for early startup, with reasonable rates?

Siarhei Harbachou Specialty Market Researching

January 5th, 2016

Interested to find developers to build product MVP. What is your recommendations - how do you find engineers with good price/competence balance? More

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How do you motivate people - beyond money?

Valeria Magoni Content & Inbound Marketing - Web / Digital Marketing - SEO - Marketing Automation - Lead Generation

February 18th, 2016

Please share your experience and some examples of non-financial motivational techniques. Can you help me?

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What else can you do to be as attractive as possible to a tech CoFounder?

John Duffield

December 13th, 2013

People say if you're a non-engineer and you're still lost in the phase of 'trying to find that tech cofounder'… then you're not an entrepreneur. 'Entrepreneurs... More

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Software community lab?

David Schwartz Multi-Platform (Desktop+Mobile) Rapid Prototyping + Dev, Tool Dev

April 8th, 2015

Sorry, this is a long post. Please bear with me. I'm a software developer with 30+ years of experience. I'm reading all of these... More

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Any advice on finding technical co-founder?

Logan Koshenka Entrepreneur in Residence at Draper University - Entrepreneurship Programs

August 9th, 2015

I've been working on my startup for a while now, and the big obstacle in my way is finding a technical co-founder. I come from a very small town in... More

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Company policies about employees talking about compensation?

Gabe Ripley Owner, TattooNOW, Off the Map Tattoo, and Tattoo Gathering

February 25th, 2016

The title is pretty self-explanatory. I have employees talking about compensation and one is suggesting the coworkers are getting unfair deals . I... More

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I have found a potential co-founder. Now what?

Andrea H Special Projects Director

February 26th, 2016

After quite some time searching, I have found a potential co-founder with a marketing background (I am still looking for a technical co-founder for... More

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What do you do about that very talented and creative designer/engineer who never hits a deadline?

Richard Bullwinkle VP of Products & Marketing at Dictionary.com

July 23rd, 2015

Everyone knows it's hard to find great Silicon Valley talent. I've been lucky enough to find some really sharp people to work with. But now, and several... More

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As a startup founder, what's the best way to announce your departure?

Anonymous

October 31st, 2015

Currently struggling with how to properly announce my departure to the rest of my team. From others experience, what is the best way to announce one’s... More

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How do I spot and build a great team?

Bernard Ang Bottom line is to build lens to see a new world, rather than features to see an old world better.

August 19th, 2016

I have been building startups for the past couple of years and though they have not been qualified successes, I learnt much during this period. It's... More

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