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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

At the time, LA and Santa Clara were both the epicenter of the technology industry due to the significant overlap between the aerospace/military industry (Los Angeles) and the computing business (Silicon Valley). Certainly it is a negative to not have acquired the basic skills of product management.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Therefore that developer will either learn the semantics of the last or simply institute her own. Semantic Webber (2010-06-21) # Great read! Thank you for you insight.