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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. In a web/mobile startup coding is not an outsourced activity. Coding is the DNA of a Web/Mobile Startup.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Xconomy San Diego. Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›. San Francisco ›. View More in San Francisco ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego Events ›.

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5 Things To Consider Before Starting A Mobile App-Based Startup

YoungUpstarts

Choose Between Native, Hybrid or Web App. In the world of apps, where everything is going mobile, it is important to move the web app. The web app can work if you want to bring your website into the mobile. The web app works fine for your startup business. Select The Right Technology Partner or Hire a Developer.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

For those that cannot afford the services of my company, I make sure to volunteer in leadership positions with the Junior League of San Diego. But after a year of searching, I couldn't find anyone willing to hire her because of her lack of education and lack of professional experience. 3- Based on my background.

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

techcrunch.com

It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online. San Diego Meetup. San Diego, CA. The site is also a data goldmine. Disrupt NY 2013. New York City.

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Mastering Growth Momentum: Unveiling Your Agency’s True North

Duct Tape Marketing

Frank Cowell is a speaker, best-selling author, and entrepreneur in the San Diego, California area. That's what we called it back then, the internet, the worldwide web, we called it the Information superhighway, and there was a big theme back then of the information Superhighway is coming. I said, Hey, is it okay if I spend $50?

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. And then was hired by Stephen Spielberg for Minority Report. was starting.