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The organisation chart generally reflects the value that they bring to the startup. The higher you are the greater you are expected to add value. But, if you have a star developer,…

I have found the lack of cash means businesses are more likely to offer equity. Again, it depends on the ability, the trustworthiness of the employee and, of course, whether they b…

Depending on the age I would recommend Lego MindStorm. Not only does it develop 3D spatial skills (the robot) but it has a graphic user interface for programming it to move. It cov…

3 to 4 times a week. Running, weights and occasional team sport (footy, basketball). I try to mix it up a bit to keep me challenged and motivated.

The major costs would be the assorted tooling charges: - plastic moulds: for a tablet size probably $50-70k. I would recommend you get an experienced industrial designer to guide y…

We are expecting our first child in April - so this hits home hard. If the unthinkable did happen to our child, I think that I would definetely love to have photos to capture those…

I am making a USB device for my start-up and the top comment is pretty much sums it up. Other tips: 1. For low volume PCB protos (even 3 boards) you can't go past http://www.ourpcb…

We'll be still applying for the next round. If we put in the hard yards now, we will be in a great position when the economy picks up again.

I think it is possible to have a full-time job in the early stage of the venture, IF you have no partner or family. I have decided to go part time to devote to my venture, which al…

IT/Programmer Contractor - 2-3 days. My startup - the rest of my waking hours.

Haha... it works!

I have one at http://www.empoweringhealthykids.com (news, info and tips on childhood health) and I contribute about once a month to http://www.sharcmedia.com

For those that want to experiment with the KML file you can download it at http://www.sharcmedia.com/kml/PatentsPerMillion2.kml Regarding a finer grained heat map it would be cool,…

Keeping it simple is actually quite hard. As an engineer, almost every impulse of mine is to add more, more, more! I'm designing a consumer electronic device and the trick is to ma…

I am planning to implement some sort of open standard for a social network - however mine is targeted towards kids so will have to see how OpenID will help or hinder our protection…

The link is dead but have read a few articles and commentary on it. I think that Microsoft is not only buying "product" but Yahoo!'s talent pool (eg. I am pretty impressed with the…