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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

We spend way too much time, particularly in and around the New York area, teaching fundraising versus company or product building. When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. ” It’s true. It was easy peasy.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

Anyone who’s been around me for the past 6-12 months has been inundated with my evangelism of eCommerce in general and Drupal + PHP. from catching up with Silicon Valley and New York as a stronger startup region. They bring with them confidence, tools, brilliant people and believe it or not, Drupal and PHP.

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Beauty Pays: Beautiful Websites (and People) Get Better Results

ConversionXL

The New York Times writes that it is “ …gorgeous, elegant and very, very smart. PHP and jQuery. PHP an scripting language and jQuery and JavaScript library. PHP: jQuery: A-Z Lyrics and Metro Lyrics. There is no question which one looks the best (and also happened to sell way more than others…).

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How I Found a Great CTO

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Programming Language - many top engineers I spoke with prefer python and dont like working in PHP. Social Good - a surprisingly high percentage of engineers I spoke with placed importance on having a positive impact on a community or society. Personal Lifestyle - commute is a factor in their decision process. ­om migrated off Drupal.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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View Comments Watch Facebook, Groupon and Quora’s Founders Speak at Startup School [VIDEO] View Comments Mashable Weekend Recap: 19 Stories You Might Have Missed View Comments Groupon’s Founder on How to Get Super Rich View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B.

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

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VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. The ideal candidate has experience with eCommerce systems, emerging mobile and social technologies, as well as RoR.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). 10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. Carlos PublicWorksAgency.com CitizenRequest.com ChubbyBrain Ben - Nice article and def some very interesting changes occurring in the funding landscape.