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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Research & Development. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. But that hasnt deterred outfits like Arizona Bay.

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7 Ways Academic Connections Can Assist A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Product research and prototype development. The professors know how to get grants to fund development for you in strategic focus areas, like biotech, that would otherwise cost you many thousands of dollars. For example, I live near the Phoenix, Arizona area, home of Arizona State University. Early-stage funding.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

should improve its ability to design and produce semiconductors, and develop and retain relevant talent. TSMC will build a fab in Arizona , but it will represent only 2% of its capacity. We had several teams talk about their learnings from their out-of-the building interviews. Team ShortCircuit (Slide 29 ) is working on how the U.S.

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3 Tech Solutions That Make An Entrepreneur’s Day More Manageable

YoungUpstarts

From product development to market research, many startups are one-person operations in their early days. Bob La Loggia is the founder and CEO of AppointmentPlus , a fast-growing SaaS business based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Most are keenly aware of the need to invest their precious time in activities that generate the highest ROI.

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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

Startup Professionals Musings

Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business. For example, I do business mentoring at nearby Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

We’ve seen lots of resumes that show universities in Texas, Florida, and Arizona. We’ve developed new ways of identifying when not to engage with candidates. The email address will often include the works dev , pro , soft , etc in their email addresses or the domain of the email address.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

My undergrad was in Nutritional Science at UT Austin, and I have a graduate business degree from Arizona State University. That no-longer-stranger turned out to own a software consulting company in Austin and tentatively offered me a software developer role to start in January 2017.