ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

Nearly 10 years ago, Excite founder Joe Kraus, now an investor at Google Ventures, declared “there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.” ” Kraus was talking about the economics of startups—the cheapness of servers, networks, and other raw ingredients of computing. Software was expensive.

Engineer 60

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why. What kind of startup outsources everything? Engineering/QA.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

He holds a Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering with University Honors and a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University; and a Ph.D. What led you to the venture capital world? That company merged with another company in Boston and grew to about 80 people and was acquired in 2005.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. It’s new businesses. This is a good start. Conclusion.

Leadership 46

Leadership Entrepreneur IPO Brazil 46

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. It does you no favors.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107