Startup

How Much Should A Startup Founder/CEO Pay Herself?

28 August, 2012

Original post by Chris Sheehan via OnStartups Back in 2008, Peter Thiel did an interview at TechCrunch50 in which he said one of the most important things he looks at before investing is how much the CEO is getting paid. The lower the CEO salary, the more likely it is to succeed. The CEO’s salary sets a cap […]

Are Junior Developers Best for Startups?

15 August, 2012

Original post by ITBusinessEDGE It sounded pretty cool when I wrote last November about startup Pikimal, which was taking really smart folks in other majors — philosophy, political science — and letting them learn Ruby on Rails on the job. In a post at OnStartups.com, Avi Flombaum, dean of The Flatiron School, argues that most startups don’t need to […]

Startups in Europe speak out about the struggle to hire talent

1 August, 2012

Original post by Sean O’Neill Talent may be the scarcest resource for many startups in Europe. Some entrepreneurs creating innovative digital travel companies say they struggle with recruiting programmers, developers, sales chiefs, and user-experience engineers. We asked some European entrepreneurs about hiring. Is it tough right now? Over in Berlin, Gidsy, a site that offers tours and […]

Y Combinator startup Chute lands $2.7M, connects dots between developers and media

29 July, 2012

Original post by Jolie O’Dell via VB Chute, a startup that helps developers quickly and easily bring multimedia content into their apps, has just sealed a $2.7 million funding deal with a few of the usual suspects in Silicon Valley early-stage investment. Josh Felser’s firm, Freestyle Capital, led the round, which saw participation from Battery Ventures, U.S. […]

Staff of startup BostInno shares advice for success

23 July, 2012

Original post by Sonia Su via USATODAY There’s one phrase that many journalists like to hear and use: “You learn something new every day in journalism.” This is certainly true for local news outletBostInno.com, which combined “Boston” and “innovation” to form its name. What began in 2008as a community startup blog has matured into a full news platform […]