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[Infographic] 2012 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley

YoungUpstarts

California-based executive search and technical recruiting firm Riviera Partners recently crunched some numbers by aggregating salary figures from the highest paying tech companies and from a recent report covering the correlation of tech skills in demand and expected salary ranges.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Where to Search for the Technical Cofounder So where might you run into the right person? Ask them about your concept.

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Pitch Deck Month: “What Do You Do?” Slide

View from Seed

He then very succinctly laid out how he was going to accomplish this, which is nearly identical to the first sentence of the company’s Wikipedia page and their subtext on google search results: “ 2U Inc., What I loved about his pitch is that he summed up both the market problem and the simple north star of the business in one pithy sentence.

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Teaching Entrepreneurship – Logistics

Steve Blank

The key things I want students to take from the class are: Understand that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a profitable business model. Having a teaching partner makes life a lot easier and the class improves. After Stanford, Ann joined Mike Maples’ Venture Capital firm Floodgate as a partner.

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. .

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A Startup’s First Steps: What’s In A Name?

Gust

we gave considerable thought to branding issues as the company branched out from its flagship eHarmony online dating service, adding other services under names like Compatible Partners and Jazzed. Similar-looking or –sounding marks are easily missed in a search: Hyphens or other punctuation, deliberate misspellings, “C” vs. “K,” etc.

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“Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups « Steve.

Steve Blank

Reply One difference between VCs and Entrepreneurs « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog , on April 20, 2009 at 7:06 am Said: [.] The search for a profitable and scalable business model might require a startup [.] The search for a profitable and scalable business model might require a startup [.] Order Here. Now In Print!