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If you are contemplating a startup but don't have the technical chops to code or interest in coding, the best way to go is renting a coder to get you to a prototype.

Mobile photo-sharing app

If you had a choice of interning at no pay for a respectable firm or getting a freelance gig at a similarly situated company what do you think would look better on a resume if your…

How do you hire for a non-technical (non-executive) position at a startup? How do you look out for and qualify candidates, especially if their background is non-traditional, non-co…

Most people are good at what they're good at, so it makes no sense for them to learn something they have little interest or skill in. The typical request from a non-tech guy is not…

How does one go about evaluating and pre-screening a worker for a job with generalist or generic duties? (meaning anyone with a decent background is qualified) Some jobs include ad…

There are startups which I think can live without techie co-founders. It is my proposition that if your idea does not solve a core engineering problem then the need to bring in a t…

If you needed to fill a position in your firm excluding senior manager jobs which two strategies work best for you. 1. Passive) Post a job listing on your corporate website and/or …

How did it come to be that the field of computing became synonymous with science to form the term computer science? As I understand it science is about figuring out and interpretin…

Subsidies like these are inefficient for businesses because they don't discriminate between customers who are new to the business and regular patrons. It doesn't really increase de…

Gilt and its clones don't sell regular merchandise, but almost always out of season, overstock, and seconds merchandise that the firm would have to dispose of regardless. Businesse…

I know this post will be controversial, but I stand by it nonetheless. I think that Groupon and its ilk hurt businesses more than it helps them by devaluing the product or service …

Why do you fear an employee would leave you after you invested in training him? Unless you are particularly abrasive, most employees would look favorably at an employer who helps t…

Some economists cite structural factors as to the reason why unemployment has persisted at these elevated levels around 10%. By structural they basically mean job mismatch: workers…

Sites like Techcrunch and to a lesser extent PG's Hacker News make it seem like it is easier than ever to get funded (ex-f&f) if you have a cool idea. Don't believe it. Even if you…

If you move to a new place where you don't know anyone how do you go about finding and developing new friends? How did you go about having them accept you into their existing socia…

In most firms entry level employees don't bring much to the table except their ambition and raw ability. The actual skills they develop are usual acquired on the job and specific t…

I have a startup that is subscription based dating site. However, instead of charging users initially for the service, I charge them if the stick around too long. So, that if you a…

I am thinking about moving to a new city, yet I would not know anybody there. For those who have moved in recently, how have you coped with being to use Robert A. Heinlein's/Book o…

If one obtains a seed round of funding, how much should go to pay the founder's salary versus other needs?

Why would one apply to a YComb job when if one is skilled enough he can apply to YComb itself?

Are you a tech company looking for non-tech (engineering/developer/programmer) talent in positions like operations, marketing, sales, administrative or general management? Then pos…

I am an HR manager for a large west coast firm. I'd like to find a way to effectively recruit those who are talented, ambitious, bright and young and place them in to our executive…

I am not saying he has to frequent the blogs daily, but just to name the blogs he follows most actively.

If you want to know who a person really is like don't look to his resume or personal references which can and often are larded with flattery and puffery, but ask him what are the t…