Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Sadly, the America Invents Act , which seeks to provide the Patent Office with tools to operate better and passed recently, does precious little to address the patent litigation mess. In addition to endless patent trolls, who are multiplying like tribbles, large companies are now fighting massive legal battles with each other using patents.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At Capital Factory at 7:00 pm. 79 entry fee.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

Our Goal for 2019 is to become the most contributed machine dealership in America in donations to Scholarships, Veterans and Children’s hospital. We want to give back and be part of a growing movement towards investing back into America, especially investments in manufacturing. Photo Credit: Curt Doherty. 6- Less time on learning.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Indeed.com said that Austin is the best place for a software engineer to get a job where his paycheck goes the farthest compared to the cost of living. The Central Texas Angel Network is one of the most active angel groups in North America. for the second year in a row.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

One of the company’s four employees, its software engineer, is not an American citizen. “Shouldn’t the focus be on giving incentives to people already in America,” Abram asks. The story of pivoting direction is common in the U.S. start-up world. He works legally in the country on a student visa.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

When I told her they not only didn’t want it back, but were trying to see if they could give me more for my next company, she paused for a long while and then said in a very Russian accent, “Only in America are the streets paved with gold.” It was a long way from Ellis Island.) Would you mind sharing them?

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is a huge demand for programmers in America – good and bad. Founders seem to take for granted exactly how in demand a good programmer is. Simultaneously, founders tend to take for granted how in demand bad programmers are too. Knowing this is half the battle. Ycombinator © 2010 Social Matchbox, - WordPress Themes by DBT.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

The unemployment rate in America is hovering around 9%. But if you are a competent engineer, sales executive, online marketer or general manager in Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston or other start-up hotspots, the unemployment rate is 0%. CNN recently reported that 40% of the 130,000 job openings in Silicon Valley are for software engineers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

Another benefit was that I was able to complete two master’s degrees, one in Software Engineering, and another in Engineering Management. That’s right, I did door-to-door sales for four years straight in the armpits of America. 12 – Knocked on Doors. Image Credit: Lauren Watkins.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It’s structurally very difficult to change their DNA from being mechanical engineering companies to being software engineering companies. For example, the Virgin America airline was well-known for having a fun safety video. That was just one of many reasons that Virgin America was my preferred domestic airline (RIP).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

16:08] Let’s talk about the bike across America, how many days were you riding? [16:23] Now that's, it's a little bit misleading in the sense that the investment, I could write the software myself because I got a software engineering degree from mit. John Jantsch (16:08): So let's talk about the Bike across America.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

They have spent multiple summers putting on the “Tech Tour”– traveling around North America investing and speaking in tier II and III cities (excluding 2020). We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city. V2 structure. . Compensation-Based Flexible VCs.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

Shortly after I graduated from college in 1990, America entered a recession. And my dream was to create some kind of software product that could positively impact people’s lives at massive scale. I wasn’t exactly sure what this software would do yet. The unemployment rate peaked at 7.3 percent in 1991.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

In addition, those humans, collectively, are the majority of America and they reside disproportionately in non-primary markets. Grew up here in the Central Valley of California, left for early work and career in college, bounced around North America for a while, returned home to start this company. It feels really, really obvious."

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Throughout the 30s, 40s, and 50s, these studies were apparently conducted by the hundreds; and by the 1960s, the benefits of the 40-hour week were accepted almost beyond question in corporate America. In 1962, the Chamber of Commerce even published a pamphlet extolling the productivity gains of reduced hours. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. You can call up America’s leading legal luminaries and get an hour of their time for free, every time. Date for a bit, then split the equity.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Women engineers make up only 14% of software engineers; she is dedicated to getting more women into the tech industry. Prior to joining Uber, Kandace worked on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness team at Teach For America helping build an equitable internal culture.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Yet, we make it very difficult for immigrant entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and build their companies in America. In thinking through our investment choices, we should keep asking ourselves, if they had a massive shortage of software engineers, What Would China Do?

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Hire the very best SEO (Search Engine Optimizer)and your sight will be at the top of any search.

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