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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

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.) I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” It would be the company where I actually earned the title.

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

www.women2.org

Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? So, we chose a business concept, established the pain point, discussed the solution, identified monetization and customer acquisition strategies, and assessed market opportunity. Partner Events. Partner Events. Community Service.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Id really prefer he had hired a VP of Engineering, or whoever that can manage me effectively.)