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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA

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There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Yet they turned-out each and every week of our six-week programs. READ MORE>>.

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10 Partner Qualities to Test Before Sharing Equity

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If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

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We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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Hiring MBA’s by the Hour | Inventing Work 2.0 with Skillbridge

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Traditionally, these between a rock and hard place problems have been solved with a limited pool of expensive options – usually associated with long contracts and high billables for “MBA quality” work. What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists?

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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

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Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. For IBM, the Personal Computer was a paradigm shift from their big business legacy, built with new technologies for totally new markets, and battleships turn very slowly.

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

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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. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast.

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

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The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? call to arms.