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Inspiring stuff: Meet two talented tech entrepreneurs aged just 13

The Next Web

Jordan is the CEO of Casey Games , a mobile games company founded in January 2012. Netherlands-based Puck Meerburg , meanwhile, is a talented coder who took us through his journey leading up to his most recent release, a game called CatStacker. In this video he talks us through the business he’s created from his home in Ireland.

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Back to Colombia: Vive La Revolución Emprendedora!

Steve Blank

Second, technology education is more skill-based, graduating lots of smart coders and IT managers, but not a lot of true development visionaries. We held the first cohort of 25 teams in Oct 2012. The first 8-week Lean LaunchPad Colombia program. Amazingly by the end of the program’s eighth week, 8 of the 25 teams had customer revenue.

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Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

www.kernelmag.com

Thursday, 8 March 2012. The greatest obstacle to starting a tech company in 2012 will be the shortage of entrepreneurial tech talent, says Andy Young, who explains why there appears such a shortage of qualified people around to help you get your idea off the ground – and what to do about it. New technology for enquiring minds.

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Back to Colombia: Vive La Revolución Emprendedora!

Steve Blank

Second, technology education is more skill-based, graduating lots of smart coders and IT managers, but not a lot of true development visionaries. We held the first cohort of 25 teams in Oct 2012. The first 8-week Lean LaunchPad Colombia program. Amazingly by the end of the program’s eighth week, 8 of the 25 teams had customer revenue.

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The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. September 4th, 2012. September 4th, 2012 7:05 am. September 4th, 2012 7:21 am. September 4th, 2012 7:33 am. September 4th, 2012 11:46 pm. User Experience. UI Design. E-Commerce. WP Word Press. Essentials. Techniques. By Christian Holst. 18 Comments.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. We handed our offices over to our friends at General Assembly , who now use the space to train LA’s next generation of coders. With this fund we also wanted to broaden our partnership ranks and added the talented Jamie Kantrowitz.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

Conference 2012. I first spent time trying to build it myself leveraging open source tools, applying my skills from a single CS class, and trying to be an autodidactic coder. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6pm - 9pm. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7pm – 9:30pm. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6pm - 9pm. female founders. Acquisition.