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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Designer – Good design can make or break a product so make sure you have someone who can think about and drive all design aspects of your business – from brand/logos, the appearance of the product and marketing materials. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

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“The Core Value of a Good Leader is Humility:” Sam Schillace, Box Engineering SVP

Hunter Walker

I was one of the founders of Upstartle, had the idea and wrote the first version of Writely (I was interested in experimenting with what was then called AJAX and some new browser capabilities around text editing). There was a team in NYC that built the spreadsheet app (they were another acquisition), and that team now runs all of GDocs today.

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Microsoft VC Summit

BeyondVC

He made it very clear that the pace of acquisitions has increased, rising from 9 the prior year to 22 this past year. In terms of price, I thought I heard acquisitions in the $50mm – 200mm range but Don Dodge of Microsoft (I suggest reading his post on the acquisitions) seemed to hear differently.

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One of the Most Time Consuming Startup Roadblocks

Software By Rob

This post is an excerpt from the Micropreneur Academy , an online learning environment designed to get one-person web startups from zero to launch in four months. I’m not a great designer but I could have designed something in about two hours. Outsource your graphic design and HTML/CSS? It’s either good or it’s not.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. One got added to the latter category Tuesday: design firm Cuban Council, which will be shipping off a portion of its team to help improve the look of Google+.).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

VC Cafe

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the cable television (TV) industry.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

VC Cafe

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the cable television (TV) industry.

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