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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

I had last been in Chapel Hill on a winter’s day in 1986, traveling with the VP of Sales of our new supercomputer startup, Ardent. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. I chose a former boss who is very successful and thus credible himself and a colleague from a previous startup. She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. It does you no favors.

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