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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

It was there that I was placed with a roommate named Raj Choudhury , a skinny British kid who was immediately the most interesting person I had ever met. 1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte. 2001 – This was at our party announcing the name change from NBN Designs to Spunlogic. Love you, buddy.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

Now you go: Name (required). But then again, I’m living in New Zealand, not exactly the startup capital of the world. They have lots of options because, for every one of them there are several “business people” trying to get their attention. If you found this post useful, please consider sharing it.

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. In 2006, Moshe was promoted to corporate vice president and head of Israel Research and Development.