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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The beauty of programming is that you take a concept and turn it into reality with just typing some stuff into the computer. anyone who doesn't program). It's about creation. It's really an amazing beautiful thing. Learn something new - most programmers love learning new technologies or solving new kinds of problems.

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MAY 27, 2010

And this is not your buddy who does programming at some company. Let’s say you aren’t sure if you have a Founder Developer Gap – what should you do? I would highly recommend considering getting a really good technical advisor early in your process.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In junior high and high school, I did a bunch of programming, mostly self-taught. For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program. Tell me a bit about your background.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Berkeley Boalt Law School and runs their entrepreneurship program. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Latitude API – The Google Latitude API lets websites and programs integrate with Google Latitude, enabling users to update and read their current location, their location history, and more! Translate API - The Google Translate API lets websites and programs integrate with Google Translate programmatically.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They tend to have the programming background to lead competent people by example and dig in and prove it where necessary. Chris starts with a description of the person that pretty much every startup is looking for: Their primary characteristics are deep technical skills and a hacker mentality. They tend to have the knack for architecture.

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JULY 19, 2016

Scott Hunter, Director of Program Management on the App Plat team at Microsoft, tells a bit of the story on the DotNet Rocks Podcast (starting around 19:00). Another announcement also touts the benchmarks: We used industry benchmarks for web platforms on Linux as part of the release, including the TechEmpower Benchmarks.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Ashish Soni, Founding Director, Viterbi Students Institute for Innovation(VSi2), Executive Director of Digital Innovation, and faculty member, USC Viterbi School of Engineering Jimmy Liu, CEO, Gymflow Rajiv Maheswaran, CEO, SecondSpectrum Jens Windau, CEO, AIO Robotics Kevin Winston, founder, Digital LA …and others!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We streamline strategy development using a Reality-Based approach, then execute cross-media programs including websites, brochures, ads, booths. Right now we're working on a multi-platform sales support program for Daylight Transport, a mid-sized LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier and logistics company. landing pages, etc.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Resident Matching Algorithm – looks at a particular balancing matching algorithm that is used to match people onto residency programs. Social Filtering – Content matching based on social signals. This is more of an optimization problem than a matching problem.

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JULY 12, 2007

They failed to get it done in time and they make it sound like they are surprised that it might take longer than a day of programming to build something. Interesting attempt to create a start-up over the course of a weekend. It's funny how this expectation around start-ups persists that things can magically be built much, much faster.

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OCTOBER 7, 2007

In this post RWW talks about some of the new kind of approaches to funding: Y Combinator is creating tech companies with a tiny (10-20K) seed investment; Charles River Ventures started a Quick start program; Jeff Clavier launched a 12M fund for tech startups. Each of these is aimed at effectively providing earlier, smaller financing rounds.

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APRIL 20, 2010

You can also edit the forms directly in the program, but good luck with that. Turbo Tax – one of the greatest examples ever. It steps you through doing your taxes by asking you questions and then puts it in the forms. Performance support are systems designed to make a complex tasks simple enough that a novice can complete it effectively.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). Dec 26, 2009). The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I'm always happy to try to help startups figure out how to go after creating their MVP.

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APRIL 28, 2014

Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer.

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JULY 23, 2012

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? Accounting? Reporting?

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

They called that program Eatsy. Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. Our portflio company Etsy has a person who is focused on the office, company culture, and making the work space as comfortable as possible. took a photo and posted it to my tumblog.

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