VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”
David Teten
AUGUST 5, 2013
Yes, they’ve founded multi-billion dollar businesses with virtually no formal business training, with combined revenues of over $80 billion. But they are also former software engineers and hackers, an experience that undoubtedly taught them skills in critical thinking and problem solving.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. But you’d have to be a pretty heads-down coder to not have noticed the past 2+ weeks in the DJIA. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. My prognosis?
Scalable Startup
AUGUST 18, 2013
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.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 19, 2011
Can an established organization with a recognized brand, proven revenue stream and an employee count in the hundreds or thousands embrace these principles? Roles, such as software engineer, user experience designer and product manager, come with narrow and explicitly-assumed responsibilities.
www.quora.com
JANUARY 16, 2011
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."
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 15, 2009
So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. One is used by engineers to refer to the process of getting code fully integrated into production. Neither is true – they just have their incentives all messed up.
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