It IS about hiring. And that comes from the attitude of the leadership. If you have lazy workers, have a look at the hiring leaders. You can easily adapt methodologies like SCRUM or SREDIM to your situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28software_development%29 Instead of project manage...
Few things to consider here, definitely would want to be looking at vesting the equity, good article on that here to get you started: http://thestartuptoolkit.com/blog/2013/02/equity-basics-vesting-cliffs-acceleration-and-exits/. I'd also be looking at a technical gun to be reviewing him from a ...
Some of those same influencers who turned you down might have written about your service if you hadn't offered to pay them. You should have instead sent them a bag of dicks. If they're a celebrity, you can get their agent's address from http://contactanycelebrity.com/ (it sounds fake, but it's a...
Does your prototype require a flexible circuit, or is your prototype the printer itself? If the former, you can just design a circuit on your computer and then send that design to a service that will print it onto a flexible surface for you. Source: I designed and built an electronic prototyp...
Do you already know which products/niches you want to work in? The tallest hurdle I’ve seen block affil success is when marketers lose steam. If you don’t care about the products you promote, will you stay motivated to promote them? Sure, the payout provides motivation but that only gets you so ...
I believe past history is a great predictor of future work, so I would ask 1) Have you worked with anyone in our industry or similar project? 2) Ask for their complete portfolio 3) Ask them how many full time vs. contractors 4) Ask them who on the team (or individual) did the work you like and if...
Captain Obvious: "Meet the KPIs." In addition: - don't give them the secret sauce, what makes you "you" - do things they don't want to do - demonstrate positive ROI. Keep the details of your technical expertise, how you do what you do, to yourself. That way they won't be able to simply hire ...
Take a look at the core of what you need to know here: http://startupfashion.com/fashion-ecommerce-website I answered these questions for those starting their own eCommerce store, and that is a great resource for you to get going! Feel free to reach out to me directly for more tips, we can set ...
It's highly unlikely that you will be able to find competent full-stack mobile developers willing to work with you for equity, but if you do, "fair" compensation would be 50% or more of the equity in the Company. Approaching any developer with just an idea, diminishes your credibility as a pot...