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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. Max Ventilla took Aardvark from startup to Google acquisition, a case study Eric described in The Lean Startup. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. can feel you now—corporate recruiters at career fairs, sending offer letters to work at banks and consulting firms. Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. But as any programmer will tell you (I’m one), any lucrative contract or full time job you can get, especially these days, will usually leave you so burnt out by the end of the day that the last thing you will want to do is sit down and bang out more code.

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Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? - Quora

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Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? 1 vote by JĂĽri Kaljundi Having been through a company that was a large acquisition (Right M.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” In this class session Nand Mulchandani, JAIC CTO who just completed an extended stint as Acting Director, continued the discussion of AI and the role of the JAIC. That’s it. How Will AI Be Used?

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Building a scalable, profitable, customer acquisition engine. They usually have quality up and coming consultants expert in guiding you in "packaging" your idea. the nice thing is that to start, THEY PAY the consultant for you. Rockstar v.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

SXSW Panel: Attracting VC Investment Outside of Silicon Valley Carolyn Rodz (@carolynrodz) | Twitter Holly Gibson Founder Austin Women Who Code Holly loves the Austin tech community and serves it as the Founder of the Women Who Code Austin, a network of 2800+ women in tech. As the third U.S.