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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

In the early stages of every technology, the market is usually dominated by products built for early adopters who are typically tech savvy – this mainly consists of developers who like to have full control over a product and its features. In general, at the time, you had to be an engineer to even think about creating a website.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

When I got to college, I did not see myself as a full-time coder, so I majored in biology, which was my favorite subject at the time. My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic.

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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

Austin Startup

Capital Factory has been the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2010, investing in hundreds of startups and collecting more than $100 million in pre-emptive investment rights to invest in hundreds more.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

The So Cal engineering gap? Drupal has a worldwide engine of real software discipline. Then last year I decided to re-educate myself in software development, but this time as a regular ol’ coder. I’ve been able to study the Southern Cal software dev scene as an insider for over 2 years now. are built on Drupal.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. The best ones know enough about Internet marketing (and search engine optimization) that they’ll be visible if they are looking for new projects. Try Google.

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

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. To date, Israel is only country that has engineered a successful entrepreneurship cluster from the ground up. Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family.

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

www.quora.com

He , Srikanth Narayan , Ben Werdmuller von Elgg , Jo Vi Ko , Justin Lee , Giovanni Tardini , David de Weerdt , Vineet Thanedar , Ryan Brideau , Jonathan Meiri , Rob Weedn , Krzysztof Kowalczyk , Greg Pilling , Kevin Leland , Parham Michael Ossareh , Dan Loewenherz , Mary Specht , Engin Erdo?an "I am a creative guy with a startup idea."