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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

In fact, in the 70’s and 80’s, the distinction was almost entirely semantic, as the military and aerospace industry invested ungodly amounts of capital to create technology breakthroughs that eventually saw wide commercial adoption in the personal computing industry. Oftentimes they see a market need and simply want to serve those customers.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

And probably youre no marketing expert and salesman, either. Ive had greak luck with the folks at Odesk, both for web development and things like market research. Dont look for a programmer through craigslist, but rather ask around your "circle" Dont let your marketing friend tell you that someone is a good programmer.