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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

However, the lack of funding opportunities has forced many entrepreneurs to seek funding abroad. Rather than being unemployed, graduates may become the promising entrepreneurs starting new businesses and creating jobs. Alliy is also an entrepreneur, having established Yellow Masai and TanTravel. Sam Gichuru CEO at nailab.

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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

275,000 software engineers work together on this platform to deliver results to client companies world-wide. Every project started on the site is assigned a project manager who coordinates teams of engineers to deliver software created to the buyers requirements. prototype, build, and test their software.

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Is #NewYork the Next Startup Land of Oz?

Scalable Startup

Here are some of the factors: (1) Amazing Engineering Skills – Let’s just start with the big one. There is a highly under-known fact in the software engineering world – many of the best developers and architects are not in Silicon Valley, but in the New York metro area. These people abound in New York.

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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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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Radu Spineau is a serial entrepreneur. 29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23) 52:06) On the need for entrepreneurs moving forward. (52:47) 29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23)

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

www.quora.com

5 Comments 30 Answers Tristan Kromer , I help entrepreneurs find co-founders. 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. Leadership and management ability.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.