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Why We Invested in Rubrik

Lightspeed Venture Partners

A market size of epic proportions, a groundbreaking architectural approach, and a world-class founding team drove our decision to invest. For example, enterprises using Rubrik can accelerate DevOps by provisioning on-demand infrastructure for application development and testing. A $47 Billion Data Management Market.

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The Enterprise Strikes Back

BeyondVC

And with that, VC money poured into every category imaginable as every VC and entrepreneur scrambled to create a new system of record…until there were no more new systems of record to be created. My view is that we will see many more of these application layer companies go public in the next couple of years and that will be awesome for sure.

Cloud 60
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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# But I’m not the only person who does this kind of work.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet. Microsoft has always produced the best tools for building internal business applications, and.NET is their masterpiece. … James.

Java 107
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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

trav (2010-06-19) # This is GPS for would-be web entrepreneurs lost in a sea of ideas with no sailors to steer their imaginary ship. Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. I liked it through #1-#5.