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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application.

CTO Hire 211
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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service.

Angel 104
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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service.

Angel 89
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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. 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. but: Something is Still Missing.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Ad.ly – (disclosure: I led the funding on Ad.ly) Provides an in-stream advertising platform for any content creator (individual or organization) with an online social presence. They also avoid Reg D.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. Social network app developer and ad network. Competitor: Slide. Total raised: $56.3mm.