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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

Using my StartupRoar as a radar, I came across a great post by Gabriel Weinberg Do you really need a full-time hire for that? Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. In other words, they come in asking for help with sourcing and hiring.

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How to Find and Hire a Developer

Tech Zulu Event

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This will prove your product is worth building to you and to the developer. Ask for is code samples.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. We caught on with the right product, at the right time.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. This team should be outside of the core development team and outside of the companys critical path.

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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? Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Outsourcing 1. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4.

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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

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Go-to-Market 5. First-time Sequoia CEO Insecurity 10. A BIG THANK YOU. Startup 3.0:

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