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Congratulations IndexTank!

K9 Ventures

Diego and I first met in 1997. I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. Given Daniel’s expertise in search and information retrieval (blog: The Noisy Channel ), when Diego and I started discussing IndexTank, I introduced him to Daniel.

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Congratulations IndexTank!

K9 Ventures

Diego and I first met in 1997. I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. Given Daniel’s expertise in search and information retrieval (blog: The Noisy Channel ), when Diego and I started discussing IndexTank, I introduced him to Daniel.

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. I'm shocked that there isn't more discussion about channeling more dollars towards this inmportant institution.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

In his 1997 paper, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, and Human Performance in Continuous Operations , he found that: Laboratory studies show that mental work declines by 25% during each successive 24 hours of continuous wakefulness. The huge tanker ran aground, spilling millions of gallons of crude oil into the sound. He lives in Vancouver, BC.