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The Funding Gap

Gust

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Angel Investors. $20 Super Angels. US Government. Pre-seed, startup. 20 billion. Center for Venture Research. Most for startups and growth stages.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

The So Cal engineering gap? I’ve been able to study the Southern Cal software dev scene as an insider for over 2 years now. But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. Drupal has a worldwide engine of real software discipline.

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

Background Reading: When LLCs Make Sense for Startups Not Building a Unicorn If you have spent almost any time reading about the basics of startup legal issues, you know that Delaware C-corps are the default organizational structure for a “classic” tech startup (software, hardware) planning to raise angel/VC money and scale.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Wayfair - $350M + revenue, 300 employees. Andy Payne – OpenMarket, Fansnap, angel investor ( blog , @payne92 ). Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor ( blog , @billwarner ). Entrepreneurial Development Firms.

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Is #NewYork the Next Startup Land of Oz?

Scalable Startup

Here are some of the factors: (1) Amazing Engineering Skills – Let’s just start with the big one. There is a highly under-known fact in the software engineering world – many of the best developers and architects are not in Silicon Valley, but in the New York metro area.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. This meant that I had to either show enough revenue, or find investors who would be willing to put money into the company.

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. Kevin – different angel investors put money in things that they are passionate about. Companies like Yammer are doing social enterprise – taking enterpise software and leveraging the users.

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