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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.”

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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Prior to that, she worked in venture capital at OpenView Venture Partners. She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. About the guest blogger: Elizabeth Knopf is Co-Founder of Sorced. Prior to Sorced, Elizabeth worked in business development at SecondMarket. Palo Alto, CA.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. I am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite.

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