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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

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We’ll discuss the critical questions a CEO needs to answer to effectively capitalize on the remote labor market while avoiding the pitfalls most commonly encountered when people attempt to hire developers that are far from their company’s headquarters. Can they lead the development of a complete product from scratch?

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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My views, influenced by watching Brad’s tireless efforts across the country, were first encapsulated in a post I wrote about Seattle titled, “ A Few Key People Can Make a Huge Difference.” But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. Here are mine: 1.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. It is different.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

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Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. Software Developer.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. Drupal works at all levels of software development. Then last year I decided to re-educate myself in software development, but this time as a regular ol’ coder.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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million in funding (0) Accelerator application trifecta: TechStars Seattle, Portland Seed Fund, and PIE currently accepting submissions (0) You got your Vizify in my Twitter. Senior Systems Engineer. Front-End Engineer. Distributed Systems Software Engineer. Android Developer. Web Developer.