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[Infographic] Silicon Valley Engineering Salaries In 2012

YoungUpstarts

percent year-on-year to US$118,900, according to an infographic from Silicon Valley technical recruiting firm, Riviera Partners. Despite a year-on-year fall of 3.6-percent percent in the final quarter of 2012, overall average annual salaries has increased 3.7-percent

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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

The accelerator, which counts Amazon CTO Werner Vogels among its startup mentors , will be showcasing its first batch of startups (see list below) in Silicon Valley on the 20th of September, followed by a panel discussion about “The Future of the European Startup Community” Sounds riveting!

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Tackling The Talent Gap: Best Practices For Uncovering New Hires

YoungUpstarts

Robust startup economies are popping up in communities all over the country, proving that entrepreneurs can succeed outside of Silicon Valley. It is harder to diversify if your first few hires are homogenous, so branch out beyond your typical hiring pool to seek out diversity of all types —race, gender, culture, and education.

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Building A Tech Startup: Avoiding Silicon Valley Mishaps

YoungUpstarts

Worse yet, they may simply hire employees of high skill out of your market area and deny you the workforce you need to make your idea feasible. Instagram soon came along and scooped up the remains of its user base, leading it to take over its corner of the market where Google could have easily succeeded.

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How Silicon Valley's Most-Connected Exec Does His Hiring

ReadWriteStart

Introduced before keynoting at Austin, Texas's Capital Factory Demo Day as "the most-connected person in Silicon Valley," Hoffman gave a really interesting talk about how he handles hiring at his company. Auren Hoffman on hiring people to work in tech startups. Doing something after work.

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The New Order of Silicon Valley: Forget the Silicon Part

Diego Basch

Here are the trends I see in Silicon Valley today: The “Silicon” part of the name no longer applies. Why be in Silicon Valley at all? The number one advantage of Silicon Valley is access to money. If I were building a service company today, I would: pitch my idea to Silicon Valley VCs.

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Leadership is More Than a Memo

Steve Blank

I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley. While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade. Yes, in the dim past of Silicon Valley the execs really wore suits.).