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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. The boundaryless era, the time for distributed teams.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

00:00:06] DEREK: Tell us about growing up in Northern California, tell us about what your dad did, what your mom did, and your family a little bit. [00:00:52] I grew up in Northern California. They paid engineers $4,000 more entry-point. Engineering vs. non-engineering. [00:10:32] Engineering degree.

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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

You’re Hired, You’re Fired. My first job in Silicon Valley: I was hired as a lab technician at ESL to support the training department. I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. Could I work here if he wanted to hire me?&# Driving across the U.S. I was stunned.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. Forget the Hypertext idea and come on back to California. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.”

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom. A company headquartered in Fresno, California.

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New Week, New Jobs!

Transformify

Steve is the President & CEO of Platinum Bay Technologies , a social enterprise and for-purpose software technology company headquartered in Irvine, California. Platinum Bay Technologies is a pioneer in hiring and employing people on the Autism Spectrum with software engineering career opportunities at market salary plus benefits.