YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. Though simple, the reason is often ignored in the heated political debate about globalization and its impact on local jobs. They are not alone.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

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. After about six months, graduating apprentices are qualified junior developers, ready to work. The benefits are obvious.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Here are some things to think about for those on the recruiting side: 1. Sweat equity or salary? Femgineer Coder.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is excitement about the possibilities of real change and an infectious “naive optimism” about how everything is possible. Many of us who have launched our own startups have our fondest memories of these salad days of startup life. what your product & engineering thought they cared about and you adapt your offering.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. ” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Customers would often ask me about business credit but I knew nothing about it and couldn’t find anything about it online. Being raised to not complain about a problem unless I’m willing to supply a solution, I made the decision to learn all I could about business credit and teach in real-time what I learned to others.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The previous post, part 4, was about Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem these are my final observations. It was interesting to learn about China’s digital divide – the gap between East China and Midwest China, and between urban and rural areas. WeChat may change the game for Chinese U/I and U/X experience.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The transportation industry uses their apps to give customers the ability to check transportation schedules, purchase tickets, and even hail a ride. The communication industry gives us the chance to message each other, send meeting notifications, and even engage in live video chats through their app development.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 18, 2020

This job is quite versatile and opens up career prospects in a lot of different sectors such as finance, software development and engineering. The job offers an enticing salary as well, which is well deserved after the rigorous six-year study required to be eligible for the job. Physician’s Assistants. Cyber-Security Specialists.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The very last email I got from him told me the following: Thank you for your time Tony, I understand everyone wants a huge salary, no risk and a cut of the profits. Consider what Ryan Waggoner tells us How to Find a Technical Cofounder : When I was doing freelance development, I had about one pitch per week for an equity-only opportunity.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When you’re small, this is a good trade-off, because speed is critical for combating the things that are constantly about to kill the company. Small companies brag about their speed as an advantage, but it’s easy to see why the larger company actually has a massive advantage. A team of one is brittle, but fast. Recruiting.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. Founder Earnings” (Founder Salaries + Dividends + Retained Earnings).

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Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

About us At Scopic Software, we have over 250 employees in over 30 countries all comfortably working from home/remotely. About you You are a skilled C++ 3D Graphics developer, a problem solver, a creative and analytical thinker who enjoys the security of regular projects and values the advantages of working remotely.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I asked him about this. However, a 2010 study found that “reduced self-control after a depleting task or during demanding periods may reflect people’s beliefs about the availability of willpower rather than true resource depletion”. (My I used this principle while working at Hewlett-Packard. My emphasis added.).

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

Questions I ask Mandi Ellefson : [01:45] Tell us about the frustration you encountered earlier in your career, not being able to have a company run without you? [04:47] More About Mandi Ellefson : Connect with Mandi on LinkedIn Visit her Website Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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The Next Web

MARCH 30, 2013

When we got in contact, he did the ‘switch’ part of the ‘bait­ an­d switch’, trying to sell us other people. Even worse is when other people get in contact with us saying they’ve spotted this practice­ then asking if we’ve changed our policy on recruitment, or why we’re not paying people properly. We use Python.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Her new book The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth , explores the relationship between employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) in businesses and how companies should adopt a mindset that strengthens both EX and CX simultaneously. [10:07] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

In this article I will talk about some approaches that have continued to work for my company, Fog Creek, over the last 15 years. When you consider that 88% of people leave their jobs for a position with a matching or lower salary you come to understand that the reasons for changing companies is rarely financial.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

01:11] What are the common misconceptions about business scaling? [02:13] 18:01] Where can people connect with you and find out more about your work? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I mean, what are we all doing wrong that's not allowing us to scale sort of elegantly? So Tony, welcome to the show.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The previous post, part 4, was about Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem these are my final observations. It was interesting to learn about China’s digital divide – the gap between East China and Midwest China, and between urban and rural areas. WeChat may change the game for Chinese U/I and U/X experience.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

by posting about it on social media). Total spend on acquiring customers” is ambiguous, but in most cases, you can include: Sales and marketing team salaries; Advertising spend on acquiring new customers; Sales and marketing hardware and software costs; Agency, PR, and other outsourced sales and digital marketing spend.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. In contrast, earning an MBA or working as a management consultant is less a final destination and more a way station on the way to a better future, usually with a vigorous salary. (As

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. In contrast, earning an MBA or working as a management consultant is less a final destination and more a way station on the way to a better future, usually with a vigorous salary. (As

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” I spoke with TechCrunch TV recently about the decision to give up the CEO seat, the stresses of the job and my perspective of the situation as an investor. You can watch it here.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It was Govacuum.com, and they paid us $199 per month.”. “We Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2014

Let us discuss some of the pitfalls in using matrix teams on projects. Typically, matrix teams are formed using internal company staff. If a software engineer, we will call him “Neo”, is needed on a project, then IT is asked if Neo can be assigned to the project. Money is not needed to save the world.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

However, it’s all about finding the most relatable micro-influencer who can help you build more customers. It is more about being independent in a small way than being employed in an MNC. If nothing else, the pandemic taught us that employees can be extremely effective in remote settings and that many enjoy working remotely.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

After being part of a team of five that co-founded a fairly successful company and still have the original team together after half a decade, here’s what I learned about having cofounders. Three of my cofounders are engineering masterminds (with various skillsets.) To start Backblaze, all five of us committed to a year without salary.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2022

As the world changes around us, entrepreneurs would do well to consider what opportunities these changes bring. Entrepreneurship is becoming more about a company’s intrinsic values and the freedom of opportunity rather than a disconnected and unsustainable corporate culture. It'll still be about taking risks and being your own boss.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about “ the politics of startups ” in which I asserted that all companies have politics, which in its purest sense is just about understanding human psychology. We sat down the three of us. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 12, 2011

There’s already a lot of great advice about hiring at little startups. salary, benefits). Think about your own resume. Resumes are useful only as talking points. Resumes are conversation-starters, but they imply nothing about whether the person is right for you. Potential earnings (e.g. Then go deep.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Keeping a blog has been great because so many entrepreneurs have written me with questions about their companies and I’ve gotten to know many of you personally through the process. Yet I walked away from the process feeling OK about myself and feeling like he actually engaged in our process. Gus has been amazing.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Since December, Via Codigo's clients can query for Via Codigo as a special skill using Transformify's search engine, and easily hire Via Codigo developers. Pedro Baumann wants to be clear about their goals: “Finding a job is the secondary objective for our students. ” About Via Codigo.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

I spoke with Steve about innovation in the movie industry, and to Venk about his journey from bureaucrat in India to entrepreneur here in the U.S., Back in 2005 … (movie studios) were very worried about piracy, and were also worried that the whole digital world was coming on like a freight train and they really didn’t understand it.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. per year and we plan to invest about $100k in 20 startups per year.

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