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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

Open source and crowdsourcing principles are well understood: When you get enough talented people working on a problem, especially in an open way, progress comes quickly. I wrote an article for the IEEE Spectrum called The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence is Open. Then AI will really take off. (If

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Past contribution to one or more Open Source projects. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited. Tactical Draw-up and control complete IT operational and capital expenditure budgets for IT. Understanding of relevant laws, regulations and information security best practices. XML sitemap. VAT registered #867 0159 09.

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

Ben's Blog

In fact, 2010 venture capital fundraising is at the same level as it was in 1995 and 1996. The open source movement dramatically reduced the cost and improved the quality of systems software. Approximately $90 billion has been invested by the venture capital industry from 2008-2010—less than half of the 1998-2000 level.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

These are Java (from Sun),NET (from Microsoft), and three Open Source options: PHP, Python and Ruby. Its a powerful object oriented language, and is effectively Open Source. Java can be used in both Microsoft or Open Source environments. PHP is a widely-used Open Source web scripting language.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. Open Source Lists. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer. Identity Lists. iPhone Resource Lists. Jobs Lists. Maps Lists. Mobile Lists. Movie Lists.

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The IPO Market: Is Larry Bird Walking Through that Door?

Growthink Blog

Or, in hard numbers from 1990 to 1996, 1,272 U.S. For perspective, before 2001 over 40% of all venture capital exits were via initial public offerings. By 2010, that percentage had declined to a mere 3%. companies went public. For the period from 2004 to 2010 a mere 324 did.

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Evolution of a Founder: Lessons I have learned

om.co

called The Rise of a Insta-Company, which theorized that open source, cheap bandwidth and increasingly falling cost of infrastructure would result in companies being built at a dramatically lower cost than ever before. Met you in 1996 Mr Malik and always knew that you were going to make it and make it big one day. They may [.].

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