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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

——— I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion.

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10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

I was the typical university graduate who “knew his s**t” about Business Administration, which is not very useful in a startup. I couldn’t write a single line of code, and I didn’t have any clue how to start a business. They told me it was impossible to pick up coding. Learn to code. You’re not alone.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

I mean, our people invented so much and accomplished so much throughout American history from post-slavery to modern times but somehow, we black people cannot write lines of code, really? of all software utility patents to inert status. Code is Law Garbage. Trustless is Not a Human Nature.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers. one quick question – so is it just the situation that all those “business school&# types are screwed? Sorry, folks. Harsh, but probably true.

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

It is right that Google and Facebook pride themselves on being engineering organizations (note - so did Microsoft). But in the world following Jonathan Ive, designers are finally getting their due. It is interesting to see the emphasis that both Twitter and Quora have put on product design, not just engineering.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. I have the vision, model and the core elements of the ideas established. With that live, you’ll be able to show other smart engineers and advisors that you’re willing to take some risk and build something.