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How Helpr Wants To Bring On-Demand To Babysitting

socalTECH

We were constantly approached by parents at the park, and at different events where we were babysitting, asking for help. We wanted to bring together the babysitters and nannies in the community, and started working with them as contracts. Are your sitters W2 or contract employees?

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Ask for intros.

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

Frank Addante

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? So, you need to develop a product?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? A BIG THANK YOU. Startup 3.0:

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

Tech Zulu Event

On the day of Miigle’s public launch, we chatted about developing his team, lessons learned, and how World Cup soccer fits into his vision. For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. How did you identify what you needed, and how did you come to hire the right people?

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? A BIG THANK YOU. Startup 3.0:

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