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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea Another option is sweat equity.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.).

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways.