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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. They should be setting the standards for how code is developed. Tags: Start-up Advice. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. or add your 2 cents).

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I installed Windows 3.1

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Solving for Banner Blindness. Solve Media.

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We all know media companies are suffering as CPMs (the amount they can charge per thousand visitors) are falling, available inventory is climbing, free content and blogs are proliferating, user attention is being divided with social networks and the core media business cash cows like classified ads have been disrupted by companies like CraigsList.

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Building Products for Mass Adoption

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Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals. He is both. That’s called laziness.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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If your first resort when you have trouble raising money is to complain about New York on a tech blog, you’re really doing yourself a disservice in the relationship building area. Should they work on your “real time” web startup or write code that processes a million trades a minute? sucks up all the good programmers.

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Convertible? Equity? What kind of coin should you use to scratch off a lottery ticket?

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When you see all these seed stage investors debating on Twitter and blogs what structures they support, take it for what it is—a marketing exercise. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Many, if not the majority, are first time CEOs. Most deals aren’t obvious winners and have lost of risk still left on the table. Not at all.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). You need to know how “tag along&# rights could potentially screw you. I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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