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

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As one of the coherent commentators says below, Joel Spolsky himself laments schools teaching Java with the same basic reasoning of my article above, albeit more diplomatically stated.) .NET But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? I remember trying to learn, like I had some books someone gave me, like learn Java in 30 days or something like that. However, cryptocurrencies raise fundamental questions about what the future of our institutions will hold.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

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BoomRing Communication – Founded in 2005, Boomring offers a complete solution for hosting providers and enterprises, seamlessly integrates mobile, VoIP and fixed communication. Skiller provides an exciting gaming experiences, while also building player networks and communities.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

The number one reason I keep coming back to PHP is that it has overwhelming community support. Ive written elsewhere that success in creating a platform is "becoming a function not of the size and resources of the company that builds it, but of the size of the community that supports it." Lets start with some circular reasoning.

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Startup Resources

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Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Ning Communities. t have time to learn iOS or Java during the weekend. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). On-line Communities. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Google Groups.