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How can startups engage with Google?

VC Cafe

Google Corporate Development – Google may sometimes invest in a company from the balance sheet. This most likely involves a combination of an operational team (cloud, enterprise, commerce, etc) and the corporate development team, led by Don Harrison. This program is mainly led by the Developer Relations team.

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[Interview] Omar L. Harris, Author Of “Leader Board”

YoungUpstarts

Harris is passionate about leading teams, high- performance coaching, and inspiring more people to adopt the servant leader mindset. A 20-year veteran of the global pharmaceutical industry, he now resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he is General Manager of Allergan PLC. What was the impetus for your book, “Leader Board”?

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Even in developing countries, fast connections are now common enough that almost anyone that needs a fast internet port has access to one. Or the Harvard of Brazil?

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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Many app developers believe that the US is their target market, and while it may be true for some, it’s definitely not true for all. Brazil, with a population of 200M and Mexico with 120M are now in our top 5 download countries. A tip from our dev team: don’t hard-code strings in your app. Think global, start early.

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

blog.expensify.com

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). 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.

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