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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. My dad’s father fled Jewish oppression in Eastern Europe as a teenager and ended up in South America.

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Interview with eFounders

Cracking the Code

I began my career at McKinsey and when the Internet bubble burst in 2001, I made a shift towards online software (ASP at the time). Today is a very interesting time for the SaaS industry: Europe has shown it was capable of creating successful SaaS businesses, and it’s only the beginning. What makes a good VC for a SaaS startup?

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What we can learn from the UK’s top franchises

The Startup Magazine

There are currently over 120 industries that have franchised companies, with the franchisee normally receiving help with their site selection and development support, operating manuals, brand standards , quality control, training and business advisory support from the franchiser.

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Survivors

Both Sides of the Table

I saw some companies that became truly rancid – even one entrepreneur who flew to Hawaii as his company was melting down and got drunk at an M&A meeting to save his team and he ended up not paying his entire team all of their final expense payments but he flew first class to Europe. I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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gave up 70% of the company to American Research & Development Corp. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Software Development Engineer, Senior-IEB-Commercial Services (795929) Job -. APG - Associate - Application Developer (NON ALADDIN) -.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. It became a social activity.