Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

For example, a recent phone call I had with a young entrepreneur straight out of one of the most prestigious engineering schools in America he asked, “I have an offer for $400,000 in seed money but the VC wants me to agree now to bring in a new CEO.&# This company is doing its SEED round and they already want to bring someone new in.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 9, 2017

You must be able to speak to a client’s language, whether it is breaking a technical conversation into layman’s terms or on the other hand, using examples to showcase your knowledge of the space. Rather than being embarrassed, I will be candid and defer to following up with our engineering team.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

That’s why in order to reimagine the way humans consume protein, Aryé Elfenbein and Justin Kolbeck created WildType , an engineered protein company. I served in Pakistan and Australia. Tissue engineering is a field that is only a couple of decades old. One of the biggest issues right now is tissue engineering.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. In our customer service team we have a hundred freelancers, in our trust and safety team we have another hundred, in our engineering team we have close to 150. million jobs.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Media in Tech Meet Up 5:00 pm at WP Engine This Meet Up is hosted by MediaTech Ventures and WP Engine. The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene 11:00 am at Capital Factory Yes, the start up scene is sizzling in Pakistan too! Department of State to our City and administered by the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce.

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Blackberry does not have native code support, so we could not port our own voice engine to BB. Also, when it comes to calls, a notebook/laptop or a desktop computer represents a great opportunity to conduct a longer conversation, which is why we also added video support to Viber for PC and Mac. That’s why it took us so long.

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