Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

Techtonic Academy provides underprivileged youth, minorities, women, and veterans both technical training and mentorship to become entry-level software engineers and pursue a career in the technology field. As Heather told me, “I have an Ivy League education, but that’s not where I learned to code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

The most advanced of these teams, by adhering to the build-measure-learn methodology, has managed to reduce so much waste from their process that they’ve actually become an internal version of a lean startup within the context of our larger organization. For example, software engineering write code.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 11, 2022

500-rated, top-ranked conversation analytics software serving over 30,000 businesses around the world. They found in 2011 in their basement, and together have grown it into an Inc 500 rated top ranked conversion analytics software serving over 30,000 businesses around the world. Lori does not.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2019

There might be several scenarios where real experiments are not possible: sometimes management may be unwilling to risk short-term revenue losses by assigning sales to random customers. It’s also less of a black box, making the risk more manageable. lead-to-customer conversion) and independent variables (e.g.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At Capital Factory at 7:00 pm. 79 entry fee.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2017

This role is so misunderstood, yet also growing so quickly in popularity, that Harvard Business School conducted research around the role of “Growth Manager” (i.e. The Growth Manager usually reports either to the CEO, the vice president of Product Management, or the vice president of Marketing. Product Manager.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

By James Pooley, author of “ Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage “. Consider software engineers, for example. It’s important that all of your employees (not just supervisors and hiring managers) know how to recognize off-limits information. Unless the issue seems trivial (e.g.,

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Over the past few years, IBM’s Latina and female engineers from every background have lent their skills, robots, and even family members to serve girls in Latinitas with lessons in coding and career presentations that covered jobs from computer science to physics. and others they brought to help.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Sample @ Hypergiant Over the past five years, the tech industry has pushed the implementation of conversational intelligence, but actual execution presents several challenges. This will no doubt be a lively conversation that fiercely debates diverse investment approaches. You don’t need rockstar engineers. Technologist C.K.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. Jeremy Johnson.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Most of our posts on the crowdSPRING Blog focus on managing businesses and startups; we often write about best practices, and offer plenty of practical tips for managers. John (Shuo) Yang is our Senior Software engineer and one of the smartest people I have ever met. ” ~ Samuel Gompers . Thanks, guys!

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., It’s amazing how often people don’t get to that in the conversation. What percent of your time do you spend head-down coding versus managing or scoping product or talking to customers? office, right in the heart of MIT.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Most online (and many many offline) companies are leveraging paid search and pay many thousands of dollars to experts to manage their campaigns. These PPC (pay-per-click) experts are only paid if the terms they contribute lead to clicks and conversions for the advertiser’s site or service. . A buyer works with the team to plan.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. Jeremy Johnson.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Keep in mind that people are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). Modern content management systems (like WordPress) make it easy to manage such content. Search engines prefer websites that are properly organized.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 17, 2017

If you couldn’t make it, here are some interesting insights based on conversations we had and exhibits we visited. The key to rapid validation is to have designers and engineers at the same table. Farouk is an Account Executive at Connected, where he partners with clients to drive business value through software engineering.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Indeed.com said that Austin is the best place for a software engineer to get a job where his paycheck goes the farthest compared to the cost of living. Talent in Austin’s isn’t just more affordable, it’s easier to retain talent because they are less likely to get poached by the hot startup in Silicon Valley.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

Getting business websites more visibility is what we do, but I want to focus on building a reporting system that demonstrates our progress in a way that non-tech CEOS and managers can understand. Google’s Sergy Brin has been quoted as saying that, “any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal.” 3- Four goals.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In Part 1 of this blog series, I presented a rather dysfunctional conversation going on between software consultants and you, their client. I originally promised that in Part 2 I would go into some specific software products. This is most notable for CMSs (Content Management Systems). The choice of technology is critical.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

People are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). Tip: Consider how the URLs on your site will look to search engines and people. Consider Site Load Times.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

People are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). Tip: Consider how the URLs on your site will look to search engines and people. Consider Site Load Times.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

We launched the CODE2040 Fellows Program, which places top black and Latino/a software engineering students in internships, with five students in summer 2012. For the first time this past summer we had a CODE2040 alum working at a partner company who was managing the partner’s CODE2040 summer interns!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

The owner was not equipped to manage people. 3 – Google Regional Sales Manager. Before starting Badger, I worked at Google as Regional Sales Manager. Sales Account Manager. Sales Account Manager for a leading NYC based StartUp. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Steve Benson. 4 – Sr.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

When a company gets to be a certain size, hiring managers don’t have the bandwidth to look over every resume and treat every applicant like a unique and beautiful snowflake. As a result, the people doing initial resume filtering are not engineers. At the heart of the matter is scarcity of resources. Conclusion.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

But if you are a competent engineer, sales executive, online marketer or general manager in Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston or other start-up hotspots, the unemployment rate is 0%. CNN recently reported that 40% of the 130,000 job openings in Silicon Valley are for software engineers. 3) Shallow reference checking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2018

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. Open to Change.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Software development is all about managing complexity and the bigger and more mature the codebase gets, the more complex it gets. Here''s the simplest form of that cycle: Week -1 - Planning/End-of-Cycle - Software engineers are planning: writing specifications, doing light prototyping, and experimentation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

He is a self-taught software engineer and technologist. Our conversation dives deep into the challenges that businesses face when scaling up, offering valuable insights and strategies for navigating this crucial phase of growth. [03:52] 07:37] Do you have a management philosophy as a first-time manager of people and teams ? [09:10]

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

I thought a good place to start was with the origins of the idea that "software design" should be considered a discipline in its own right, on par with computer science, software engineering, and computer programming. This includes the designers as well as the engineers and product managers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 29, 2024

How to Be an Entrepreneur in 2024: 15 Tactics Revealed written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Paul Cheek, a serial tech-preneur, educator, and software engineer. Can we drive conversions?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

In the world of payment gateways, I’ve found that companies prefer to start with a pre-configured gateway loaded with features that increase conversions. So they use a pre-made solution, customize the appearance, plug in sales tax and ecommerce software, and then sell immediately. He served as the President of P&H Solutions Inc.

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firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Product and Engineering. Management and Company Building. -->. How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. First Round Capital. Author: Ian Langworth.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

ERC-1155’s ability to track the balance of a very large number of types of tokens provides simplicity for developers to manage multiple virtual currencies from a single contract, while offering potential cost reduction on transactions. A house in New York City has a different value than a house in a small rural town].

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

The following seeks to capture the essence of his conversation with this year’s Fellows: What is Leadership? Managers can set aside time to communicate with their teams, in person or via videoconference, not only to remediate such issues but also to keep them up to date and give them a sense of what is going on.

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