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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

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Working with Developers

SoCal CTO

There was a lot of passion in the room last week when I presented Working with Developers at the Stubbs Precellerator. I guess it should not be a surprise that Founders have lots of challenges working with developers. But my developers want to go into way too much detail. Only go social when they go social.

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Distributed systems: A quick and simple definition

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The technology landscape has evolved into an always-on environment of mobile, social, and cloud applications where programs can be accessed and used across a multitude of devices. Amazon technology teams need to understand which aspects of the online store need to be called upon first to create a smooth user experience. Reliability.

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How Git Can Power an Exciting Future for Content Management

Netlify

Git has forever changed how developers collaborate on software. It’s now almost a given that a software development project will use the distributed version control system. But if it’s so powerful, why are developers the only people using Git? Why do developers use version control? Enter the Git-based CMS.

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Summary from the 30 July Analyst Forum

CTOvision

Jonas has directed the design and development of multiple innovative systems, including solutions which have countered fraud in the gaming industry ( See Jeffs bio here ). The next panel was law enforcement, with moderator: Dr. Colleen Kelly McCue, Senior Director, Social Science & Quantitative Methods, DigitalGlobe Analytics.

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Make Something Great: Become an Open Source Contributor

A List Apart

After all, it has always been a developer-dominant ecosystem. Whether you’re a designer, developer, writer, doctor, or lawyer, there are many paths to the open source world. Developers think about their work logically. Not only diversity in perspective, but also diversity of gender, location, cultures, and social backgrounds.