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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. A growing number of skeptics are openly talking of a ‘high tech bubble’. They are not alone. Global Demand.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. As a technologist he felt the US was “ground zero&# for technology innovation.

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Massacre at IBM

Steve Blank

Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. The inspection- system GM decided to use it for his fourth-generation system, an 18-month program. Without missing a beat, Engineering quoted the customer.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

When the shelter in place orders began, Alpha found himself living in a tiny Airbnb with his other co-founders, Having just arrived from the UK to do the start up program, YCombinator. We are in Santa Clara, California, still holding up well. Alpha Lee : Yeah, it's been good so far. Eric Ries : Amen to that. Alpha Lee : Yeah.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. New York has an extremely active Meetup culture; almost every night there are 3-10 tech-focused events.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. San Francisco, California. Launch Date: April 16, 2009.

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