Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. We opportunistically invest in other geographies across the country as well. Recent Investment Themes.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. You’ve seen this with companies like StackOverflow and Github in software engineering or Behance in visual design. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Both venture firms sought my advice for their portfolio companies. I’m a software engineer by trade, so I’m always interested in some better way to do things, whether they are in software or in business processes or organizations. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company). Insight Squared – SMB Business Intelligence (NextView Portfolio Company). Raizlabs – Mobile Development.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

Here are some of the factors: (1) Amazing Engineering Skills – Let’s just start with the big one. There is a highly under-known fact in the software engineering world – many of the best developers and architects are not in Silicon Valley, but in the New York metro area. tomnora.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

But if you are a competent engineer, sales executive, online marketer or general manager in Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston or other start-up hotspots, the unemployment rate is 0%. CNN recently reported that 40% of the 130,000 job openings in Silicon Valley are for software engineers. Immediately.

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