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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld.

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Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

Duct Tape Marketing

Dark, dirty and dangerous — mention the 3Ds of old-time manufacturing and HR managers shudder. Employers need to provide education and upskilling opportunities, and employees need to learn new skills and competencies to manage their careers into the information age.” The largest generation in the U.S.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Vest, young man. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. Happy to help!

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.) In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity.

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