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The CEO’s CEO

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Now personally responsible for the aforementioned massive risk, Alfred volunteered to leave his position as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer to be the General Manager of the then tiny Weblogic division in the crowded, nascent Application Server market. outcome, go about starting a new company?

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! third party to vet or manage&# your development team. But I’m not the only person who does this kind of work.

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

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Constrained by such an early and weak technology platform, companies built poor applications. And hence the great crash of 2000 and 2001. The relational database and application boom created hugely valuable new companies such as Oracle, Siebel Systems, and PeopleSoft. Much better. It didn’t stop there.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Why Register?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet. Microsoft has always produced the best tools for building internal business applications, and.NET is their masterpiece. Like what?!

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