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Ardent War Story 5: The Best Marketers Are Engineers

Steve Blank

Building an Advisory Board In my travels outside the building I kept my eyes out for articulate and visionary scientists and engineers who had expertise we lacked, and were willing to help in an advisory capacity. I chose to hire engineers from within each of our target markets and set up “Steve’s one month MBA course for engineers.”

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

A talented group of specialists including engineers, designers, financial analysts, and lawyers are assigned to develop various facets of the company’s framework. Right now, Silicon Valley has a highly creative pool of talent, but there is a blaringly obvious missing link between creativity and business. Who does it help?

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. Hiring for tech jobs in Vancouver is all done online.

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Five Whiteboard Coding Interview Tips

Austin Startup

Silicon Valley I recently volunteered to help code newbies practice whiteboard interviews, and below are some of the tips I shared that helped me when I was the interviewee, and that I use now to judge candidates as I help interview at work. It’s more about your thought process and engagement than it is about getting the right answer.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

Reading the articles and the comments is probably worth it, but I personally think that the NY Times is overstating the advantage of being in Silicon Valley with a couple of exceptions. Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. in Computer Science.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. And yet, most regional development efforts are still floundering - at best, moving slowly, and not very surely - and we need to understand why. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Let's look at today's presenters. Jade Magnet. Discuss.