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Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2014
As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. Bill Gross founded Idealab in 1996, making it the longest-running technology incubator alive today. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times Ardent would be my third technology company as a VP of Marketing (Convergent Technologies and MIPS Computers were the other two.) It was my ex boss from Convergent Technologies, “Steve we’ve all just resigned from Convergent and we’re starting a new company.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering.
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