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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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Max Shapiro s People Connect Staffing has an innovative program called Employees Without Paychecks. This program helps pre-funded startups get work done by professionals willing to work without a formal paycheck. I went to every programming event I could find on Meetup.com. Labels: Programming , Recruiting Events , Rejection.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. It was the first of the 54 Science and Technology Industrial Parks. China Venture Capital. innovation in the U.S. during World War II,) or during peacetime by profit.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. It was the first of the 54 Science and Technology Industrial Parks. China Venture Capital. innovation in the U.S. during World War II,) or during peacetime by profit.

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Hazards of Hiring

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Twelve years later, I think there is some wisdom in hiring people who have made significant contributions to an open source community project. But the availability of code for review is one just minor reason why I like to see open source experience on a résumé. Copyright 2001-2011 Eric Sink. All Rights Reserved.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

”), but the original 2001 iPod itself had nothing to do with the internet. Granted, Apple has the marketing clout to make almost any product successful no matter what it’s called, but they didn’t have quite that reach when they named the iPod in 2001. Programming. Johan Strandell. Comments are closed.

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Transcript of Managing an Expanding Business, With Your Mission Guiding the Way

Duct Tape Marketing

Yeah, the roots of CrossFit were, it was an open source community that started on the internet, first and foremost. John Jantsch: And, you still offer the CrossFit programming, right? You alluded to some expansion and not just expansion of physical space but of programming in general. Matt Scanlon: Most certainly.