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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday.

Steve Blank

In ten years, from the early 1950′s to the early 1960′s, the valley went through a hiring frenzy as jobs in microwave companies went from 700 to 7,000. Poulsen Wireless was later bought by Federal Telegraph of San Francisco. Poulsen Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company was founded in Palo Alto in 1909.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I was hired as a training instructor to teach microprocessor system design for the existing Z-80 family and to write a new course for Zilog’s soon to be launched 16-bit processor, the Z-8000. Two Jobs at Once When I was hired at Zilog part of the deal was that I could consult for the first six months for my last employer, ESL.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

lending at disruptively low APRs, discount travel that works for both the airline and the passenger, improving hiring outcomes while empowering employees to more actively manage their careers and job satisfaction, transforming medical research by watching a person or even a plant’s genome express itself from day to day). Crunch With Us.

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Stories of Opportunity from the First Round Capital Key Hire Wire – VP of Sales, CTO, VP of Engineering

This is going to be BIG.

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. I tried to make it a little more entertaining than your average job RSS feed. You will hire (over time) and manage a field and inside team of Sales Directors and Market Developers, including for each direct report creating and managing goals directly tied to Company goals.

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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

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Having to invent ad hoc terms to work together, negotiating terms, and throwing money into hiring lawyers can really hamstring the formation of productive founder-advisor relationships — something that can really make or break a startup in its early stages. San Francisco, CA. San Francisco, California.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. Hi Eric, Great article - Ive added you to my regular RSS reads. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Wow I think you just wrote my job description for me. Great post, very educational. October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. Bring your questions.

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How to Hire a Chief Technology Officer

www.inc.com

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.