YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

New emerging technologies have been the key catalyst for in-demand jobs. Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. While all three of our most recent investments built on this foundational idea still remain stealthy, everyone utilizes connected technology to uniquely deliver a service or bundled product. Recent Investment Themes.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I’m a software engineer by trade, so I’m always interested in some better way to do things, whether they are in software or in business processes or organizations. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Would you mind sharing them? Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation. I wrote a blog post on this. Details to come.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

I didn’t recognize the behavior at the time, but anyone who loves technology and gadgets has at one time or another has bought a technology toy – USB memory sticks, iPod Shuffles, umbrellas with LED lights, alarm clocks that talked, Flip Video Cameras, etc. We accidently had a product with the Novelty Effect.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Running a startup in New York or Silicon Valley is very expensive, so no wonder that recently, there has been an explosion of new locations starting to see growth in tech startups. Thomas is a software engineer at an app development agency and a fan of everything IT, mobile and tech-related.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2011

In the mean time, please meet the Finance Fridays team: Jonathan Wolter has been a lead consultant and software engineer at ThoughtWorks working for clients in Silicon Valley, Texas, Chicago, and India. Our first substantive post will be up next Friday. He is a Canadian Chartered Accountant.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

For this startup we had assembled some of the best and brightest hardware and software engineers in the computer industry. My boss, the CEO, had just come from a string of successes at Convergent Technologies, Intel and Digital Equipment, names that at that time carried a lot of weight. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Don is one of the most highly respected business executives in Silicon Valley and deservedly so. ” The type of leadership technology companies need changes as they grow. It is easy to use a cookie-cutter job description; we need software engineers, here’s what a great software engineer looks like.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The reaction from our software guys was a little less kind. “Are Do you understand you are doubling the amount of work you are going to make for generations of software engineers? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Are you out of your !? *x! No, not really. I was just in marketing.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Talent in Austin’s isn’t just more affordable, it’s easier to retain talent because they are less likely to get poached by the hot startup in Silicon Valley. Indeed.com said that Austin is the best place for a software engineer to get a job where his paycheck goes the farthest compared to the cost of living.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

You’re in Silicon valley, competing against the best of the best. Would it be a good idea to come to Silicon Valley even if our market is in Mexico? Should I move to Silicon Valley? . Kevin – I don’t invest in outsourced technology. Because a startup is a 5-10 year commitment.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. Guttula, Bizosys' CEO, and Karana founded the company with the goal to "simplify software development." LG is licensing the technology and many other device vendors are in the queue.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

from catching up with Silicon Valley and New York as a stronger startup region. In my career I’ve seen many times the positive effect of a rich software development discipline, full life cycle, QE vs. QA, test driven development, all the “other” parts of SW dev. This imbalance keeps L.A. What is Drupal?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. (And Jeremy Johnson.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

That option involved trying to get a job at a young Silicon Valley company that had just gone public and would, in a few short years, crash and burn, lay off everyone, and quickly fade into oblivion. Behind every new breakthrough technology, every new industry trend, there are people. Yes, I passed up all that.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2014

But while some engineers may be motivated to work for the highest bidder, most are driven by something more intangible, according to VisionMobile survey data: They want to change the world. But with a little sleuthing here’s a reasonably accurate view of how engineers feel about these top-10 startups. Lytro (3.9 Bromium (3.8

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. (And Jeremy Johnson.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

This is where FAST enters the picture, which Founder Institute has developed in conjunction with the Orrick Law Firm and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, to standardize the process and remove the hassle, cost, and delay to the formation of these relationships. Company: Founder Institute. Website: fi.co. Launch Date: April 16, 2009.

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www.fastcompany.com

AUGUST 29, 2012

TECHNOLOGY. Instead, the former technology journalist expanded his research to explore how the power of algorithms has spread far beyond Wall Street and now touches all of us--starting with today’s young innovators. You title one of the later chapters of your book “Wall Street Versus Silicon Valley” Explain. Fast Company.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. Here are some of the factors: (1) Amazing Engineering Skills – Let’s just start with the big one. Maybe Zuckerberg should’ve put Facebook there instead of Silicon Valley.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this delusion that certification in a computer language or vendor technology (Microsoft etc) equates to mastery of the art of programming itself. As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23) In some ways, Radu's story is typical of Silicon Valley. So, you got the idea from Sam and Dustin, and boy, what a Silicon Valley story. We didn't care about the underlying technology.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Mass TLC Unconference: Large annual conference put on by the MA Technology Leadership Council. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Belmont Technologies – CAD in the Cloud (backed by Northbridge and NEA). Dan Allred – Silicon Valley Bank (@dgallred). Next major event? Places to Hang.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 20, 2017

But my perspective, as a high school student growing up in the Silicon Valley at the time, was different. The 90s was about moving just about every piece of software from isolated desktops to online. It was a big change in how software and infrastructure was written. The 90s was impactful for so many reasons.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. As the third U.S.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

13) Portland startups at an “Early Stage”: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, it ain’t (and that’s awesome) (0). Senior Systems Engineer. Front-End Engineer. Distributed Systems Software Engineer. Platform Software Developer. Software Cloud Engineer III. Email Address.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

But, somehow, Silicon Valley didnt get the memo. From the Work Less Institute of Technology, “ Psychophysics in Cyberia ” (written in response to the ea_spouse posting): It was over a century ago that Dr. Ernst Abbe conducted his observations on working time and output at the Zeiss Optical Works in Jena, Germany.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

For software engineers, I think this absolutely has to be a programming problem solved on a whiteboard. Youre not an interviewer per-se but you still need to make a very careful selection of who you go into business with both from a personality perspective and a technology perspective. Any advice? Excellent post.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. I am talking about self-appointed 10x egostars, not real solid software engineers. Minimum means *minimum*.

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