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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

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Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups. Social networks become more valuable with more users; consumers’ discounts become larger when more people join the coupon; commerce marketplaces benefit from increasing liquidity, and so forth.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.

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Google Engineer: How We Interview, How I’d Beat Us for Talent, & How Non-Technical Founders Should Approach Devs

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Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., Google tries to cover a variety of topics, from the bare minimum, “Can you code?” NV: What are some basics you’d recommend to anyone hiring an engineer? Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.)

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Why Call Tracking Metrics Matter To Your Marketing Efforts

Duct Tape Marketing

500-rated, top-ranked conversation analytics software serving over 30,000 businesses around the world. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! They found in 2011 in their basement, and together have grown it into an Inc 500 rated top ranked conversion analytics software serving over 30,000 businesses around the world.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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Transformify: The Sustainable Platform for Remote Jobs

Transformify

Transformify expanded to 150+ countries , but I still rely on the network I’ve built back then when we plan to enter new markets or need a warm intro to a potential client on the other side of the world. At the same time, talented software engineers, designers, digital marketing experts, product managers, etc.

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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At the Austin Convention Center. $99-$3895