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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. Thanks to the power of the Internet, you can build channels that are selling to many people without the need to communicate with them individually.

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Is #NewYork the Next Startup Land of Oz?

Scalable Startup

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. Here are some of the factors: (1) Amazing Engineering Skills – Let’s just start with the big one. You also need infrastructure and friendly government. These people abound in New York.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. I am talking about self-appointed 10x egostars, not real solid software engineers. startupcto