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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. Diego had just started in the MSE program. Diego was a hacker’s hacker. He was full-stack, full-power, Mr.-build-anything type of a guy.

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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. Diego had just started in the MSE program. Diego was a hacker’s hacker. He was full-stack, full-power, Mr.-build-anything type of a guy.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I completed my Bachelors in 3 years (another story for another time) and so was able to go directly into a professional Masters program (also at Carnegie Mellon) and complete a masters degree without having to apply for a new visa. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot.

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Do You Know How Long It Took to Develop Word for Windows 1.0?

Diego Basch

I learned about it from a case study for my Software Project Management class in 1997, what follows is my summary ( original here , or Google it). Greg Slyngstad (who would later become the program manager for the project) said: Gates put three real hotshots on the project. If only it were that simple. ” .

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

Common programming measurements, like lines of code and function points are either easy to collect and of questionable value or difficult to define and collect. ” Mischievous Ramblings, Evan Robinson, “ Can People Really Program 80 Hours a Week? Health & Business Insurance Program. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

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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. It’s new businesses.