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The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). In the valley or in Boston, lawyers will often *defer* up to $25K until funding in return for 0.5%-1.0% Also, most startup attorneys will do deferred payment plans.

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Meet Manu Kumar, Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures

K9 Ventures

He holds a Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering with University Honors and a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University; and a Ph.D. That company merged with another company in Boston and grew to about 80 people and was acquired in 2005. VatorNews : What do you like to invest in?

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting.