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Engine. Where Startups Come Together

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I’ve regularly blog about patent trolls harassing startups and impeding innovation, the experiences of immigrant founders, and the battle for a free internet. That’s where Engine Advocacy comes in. Engine connected 15,000 calls from individuals to their Senators that day. You can get involved by becoming an Engine member today.

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In WordPress Hosting Hell? Pantheon Now Supports WordPress

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When companies are just getting off the ground, the founders often build the websites themselves, increasingly with flat HTML because it is simple and efficient. Startup engineering teams are now tasked with managing a CMS system. The startup’s ops and engineering team. This is where things start to break down. Total break down.

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Holograms Are Open For Business

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In February 2017 I met Shawn Frayne, one of the founders of Looking Glass Factory , a Brooklyn-based company with ambitions to make holographic interfaces a reality.

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More Coders. More Diversity.

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Too often, aspiring engineers who lack the funds to pursue a computer science degree from a university or take part in a bootcamp find themselves locked out of technology jobs, despite often severe talent shortages.

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Jason Returns to the 313 for Startup Grind Detroit on April 5th

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In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley. Going further back, Jason holds a B.A.

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A Scaling Magic Trick

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However, the CEO is often the same person, especially if it’s a founder. Now, consider a VP Engineering who has never worked in a company smaller than 5,000 people. His last job was VP Engineering on top of a division representing 25% of the development resources of a very large company, reporting up to the division president.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

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The investors, founders, and “community” are all super excited about ASC. Every now and then, investors are told things are going great and the founders are really excited about what they are doing. Oh, and the email says the founders will be in touch to discuss another round of funding since there are only 2 months of runway left.

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