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5 reasons VCs should favor code-savvy founders

The Next Web

Venture capitalists look for a variety of intangibles when evaluating the entrepreneurs who they consider backing — vision, passion, integrity, confidence — but how many look for a background in software development? The software developer community is pretty tight-knit — word will get around if a workplace is awesome or awful.

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Venture Pitch: A View From the Trenches

Austin Startup

Brian is an independent software developer, entrepreneur and proud Longhorn. His current company Read in a Flash is building a platform for transforming children’s books into interactive learning applications on the iPad. Tags: Events Featured read in a flash tech ranch venture forth.

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Twitter Link Roundup #40 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

13 Hand-Picked Web Form Resources for Developers – [link]. Storytelling in the age of community media – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Storytelling in the age of community media – [link]. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #39 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Video: Adobe CTO calls out Apple over Flash – [link]. How to Create Your first WordPress Theme: Part 1 – [link]. 30+ Things You Have to Know about being a Freelancer – [link].

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. So I packed in my day job – as a software developer – and devoted more time monetizing the blog and website. Tell us in the comments below.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Twitter Link Roundup #95 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation – [link]. Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 83 3D Typography Design Inspirations – [link].