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International Student Success in Tech – A CTO’s Journey

The Startup Magazine

When he was 21, he came to America to further his education and quickly earned two Masters of Science degrees – the first in Computer Science and the second in Software Engineering. In 2013, ITU funded Kranthi’s proposal for what is now known as the Education Management System (EMS). Looking to Solve Problems.

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The Lean Startup SXSW 2013

Startup Lessons Learned

Software Engineer Steven VanRoekel CIO Dan Greenberg Co-Founder & CEO CHECK OUT THE AGENDA. > Nicole Lazzaro President Udi Nir CTO NEW! Seth Sternberg Co-Founder & CEO Scott Chacon CIO Kevin Hale Senior Product Manager NEW! Juan Diego Calle CEO Dharmesh Shah Co-founder & CTO Ross Snyder Sr.

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How To Fix Obamacare

Feld Thoughts

Many years ago I read Fredrick Brooks iconic book on software engineering – The Mythical Man-Month. One of his key messages is that adding additional software engineers to an already late project will just delay things more. It’s 2013. From my perspective, this is exactly the wrong thing to do.

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Reflections On 2013, What Walter Discovered About Starting A Business After Listening To Podcast Interviews, And Our Plans For 2014

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In episode #12 of Everything Entrepreneurship , the final for 2013, Walter and I look back over the previous year and talk about some of the most significant moments in both our personal and business lives. We review how these events changed us and changed the direction we took during the year.

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Funding Computer Science Education In NY

Feld Thoughts

We’d previously contributed to another project Fred and Joanne spearheaded for the Academy of Software Engineering last year. If this is interesting to you, they are hosting an event at USV on Monday, November 18, 2013 for 6pm to 8pm for those who can consider making investments of $5,000 and above due to space constraints.

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The Tech Mentorship Gap: How Code2040 Is Solving. What You Can Do. And How LinkedIn Can Help

Hunter Walker

Each summer they match high performing software engineering students from these underrepresented groups with Mentor and summer internships. 38 Mentors in 2013 and 10 in 2012' Code2040 Stats To Date. 38 Mentors in 2013 and 10 in 2012' Companies can hire a Fellow at hire.code2040.org. Recommend a student: bit.ly/2040REF.

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You Don’t Need To Be An Engineering Genius To Start A Billion-Dollar Company

ReadWriteStart

In other words, even an engineering nobody can start a company. Software was expensive. Engineers, however, were relatively cheap. By 2013, things had changed considerably. Tomorrow, that billion-dollar startup acquisition might not need an engineer at all. No Problem! Hardware was expensive. Storage was expensive.