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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. They most often really just need either a Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor , and then some combination of hiring and/or outsourcing (on-shore or off-shore).

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. I am still a big fan of outsourcing.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Heres the good news -- you only really need a few really good engineers. Outsourcing 1. Startup 3.0: