www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

There are two significant paradigm shifts in software development which have altered the equation. First, the acceleration and acceptance of cloud-based services have allowed more entries into the market for core platform development.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Texas is one of the only places where we can run a single Accelerator program across multiple cities.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Government programs. Equity investors.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’d like to take a few minutes to dispel the top five myths of software startups. Venture capital is one method of getting a company off the ground, but it’s not the only method. Venture capital is also not a guarantee of success. Myth #1: I need to get VC funding to make my company successful.

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Startup hubs like Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Singapore offered access to venture capital and vibrant start ecosystems thus attracting the brightest founders. So, who benefits the most from work from home jobs and diversity hiring programs? Work from home jobs & Hiring Neurodiverse People.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Consider this the Year in Review for Software by Rob. Some choose consulting, but many more inevitably decide to build a software product. If you intend to seek venture capital then move along…these aren’t the droids you’re looking for.&# Having been on the developer side of the coin a number of times, here is my take.&#

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. The Best Free Fonts for Coding & Programming - crowdspring.co/1nHghTB. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.)

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

So in this age of uncertainty how should someone react who simply wants to collect a few greenbacks in exchange for their brilliant programming acumen? No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Boring programming jobs? But desperate times may call for some extra hours. You betcha.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

A consulting CTO is an expert on the current state of the technology and can suggest the most appropriate development platform for your business. A consulting CTO can help you find and qualify a permanent technology partner, a lead developer, a user experience expert or interaction designer, a graphic designer, or a VP of engineering.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Michael Moritz About Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1kLoGb1. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. PHP vs Ruby vs Python: Three Programming Languages in a Nutshell | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1nJ16yT.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

They have flexibility on programming, access to space, and can supplement curicculum in a world where official curicculum change takes years. If anything, the business school students need to figure out what their value add is to a design or software development student. Support the student club ecosystem. Kick the faculty out.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

This Is Already The Third Biggest Year In The History Of Venture Capital – [link]. The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link]. Panel Discussions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Interesting to see Y Combinator revise funding portion of its program … The YC VC Program – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? Facebook Remains Gaping Hole in Advertising Industry’s Privacy Program | Advertising Age – [link]. A poor effort to defend a P/E ratio of 666 (Salesforce).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL. Sure, you can get away with less, but why?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz Confirms Its Scout Program, Calls Out Lazy Angels Who Hate Competition – [link]. What I learned from raising venture capital – [link]. Sequoia Confirms Existence of “Stealth” Scout Program. Good reminder about the importance of face to face communications – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). April 22, 2009 12:01 PM edwinoh said.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. This is particularly acute in New York City, where you have several industries undergoing serious disruption, a critical mass of creativity from the cross pollination of ideas, and lots of capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

Trends In Venture Capital Over The Last 12 Years – [link]. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Better Execution Will Take Care Of Your Competition – [link]. – [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. It’s so blinded, it’s shocking.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Education program must emphasize the need to start with customer needs and design your entire product development strategy around a customer development blueprint, as you put it so very well. BPM vendor (every software vendor!) should read Steve Blank’s Manifesto for Customer Development.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The plethora of mentorship opportunities for entrepreneurs is mind-boggling — programs like TechStars and Mass Challenge , not to mention myriad business-plan contests. Our unemployment rate is high, yet the job boards of local venture-capital firms show hundreds of job listings across their portfolios.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. I love programming, board games, and my wife. Check out Hirelite.com if youre interested in participating as a company or software engineer. Especially a company based on your vision.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Now we needed to put the tactical programs in place to make this repositioning strategy happen. Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I have an interesting project idea, but it requires seasoned programming skills. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply What’s Here Advice for teams starting web companies from a software developer, entrepreneur, and CTO.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 28, 2013

So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom. There was a CTO in the room who had a fifty plus person tech team and so I asked him, "How many of your developers learned their trade in the classroom versus being essentially self taught?". Answer: All self-taught.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. Hackersshould do this even if they dont plan to start startups, because its the only real way to learn how to program. Thats nonsense.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

When I was in high school, a classmate and I started a peer mentoring program for our middle school which has grown and flourished. Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Microsoft – Initially descriptive of the company’s software developed for the “micro” computer market, which eventually evolved into the “personal” computer market. Computer Motion was named after a clever software algorithm that allowed primitive (circa 1990) computer processors to render graphics in 3-D. Venture Capital (7).

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