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[Review] The $100 Startup

YoungUpstarts

Software Developer: From “App developer” to “We provide technology solutions to take your headaches away”. One should also determine if outsourcing to virtual assistants, subcontracting and hiring employees would truly work. For example, Restaurant: From “Food and drinks” to “Relax and let us take care of you after a busy day”.

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Announcing our investment in DemandStar, a marketplace for government procurement  

Version One Ventures

The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce – it connects local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. . trillion is spent in the local government procurement market, but billions are wasted due to scarce competition and outdated processes. .

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

We’ll discuss the critical questions a CEO needs to answer to effectively capitalize on the remote labor market while avoiding the pitfalls most commonly encountered when people attempt to hire developers that are far from their company’s headquarters. Hiring remote talent is much more complicated than hiring in your backyard.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Jobber was also added to Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™ list – in addition to being recognized as the second fastest growing software company in Canada! Ada was named a G2 leader in chatbot software. G2’s recognition is based on verified reviews and real users (in other words, the people actually using Ada).

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. Increased productivity also leads to reduced lead-time and improved due date performance, both of which reduce chaos and foster a great work culture.