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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. First Round Review. It’s one of my favorites on this list. Follow Andrew on Twitter @andrewchen. A Smart Bear. Sam Altman.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). I increased by rate nearly 30% in 3 months due to the amount of work coming my way. 3 Rob on 09.29.09

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A tale of two IPOs

BeyondVC

According to its website , “SEVEN is a leader in Out of the Office technologies; our mobile email software makes it simple and affordable to access corporate and personal data while on the go. SEVEN’s software provides secure, real-time access to email and PIM information via a wide variety of mobile devices.”

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

My husband Bob became a home inspector in 2003, after a long career in IT. The working name during prototyping for our hiring software was Higher Stack. While the company was still in its infancy, another infant was also due. Having a brand behind a strong title can make all the difference in the world. #1

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. It can be difficult -- without experience building software -- to make an informed choice which is most suitable. PHP is insecure?

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0