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Non-Obvious tips for job seekers in 2023

VC Cafe

” Milton Berle At the moment of publication of this post, over 95,508 tech employees from 308 companies were laid off since the beginning of 2023 according to Layoffs.fyi. In Israel, the market I actively invest in, the number stands on 2,000. “If Opportunity Doesn’t Knock, Build a Door.”

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Invest in Israel Newsletter May 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Israel’s economy grew 4.7% In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5%

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe.

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Twitter Link Roundup #98 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. A simpler alternative to employee option/equity grants - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 5 Tips To Get Your Small Business Online - [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #140 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Impressive & generous benefits to families when a Google employee dies – [link]. Good look at how Facebook’s stock price impacts the company and its employees (beyond the obvious) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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“To build a community, you need to focus much more on the user than on the buyer” - Snyk’s Guy Podjarny

Cracking the Code

That’s what I found most attractive about software development: building things. As an employee, I never waited for instructions to do something. You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - And I’ve always taken initiative.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The night I decided to start the company, my wife and I were having dinner with the man who would be our first employee and our creative director for the first twelve years. 11- Inspired by the term software development kit. #2- Just looked at the paper I was reading. Photo Credit: Scott Harris. Photo Credit: Carl Potak.

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