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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Graphic designers and illustrators are no longer considered a starving artist and computer network technicians are keeping the tech companies running. It is a central point between Europe and the Americas.

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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 Galvanize at 10:30 am. $79 79 entry fee.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. With all of those companies gobbled up the market is now focused on the next generation startups like TasteMade, MiTu Network, StyleHaul and so forth.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. I wanted [a term for] something similar (between debt and equity) but on an extremely small scale.”.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

16:08] Let’s talk about the bike across America, how many days were you riding? [16:23] John Jantsch (00:00): This episode or the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the Nudge Podcast, hosted by Phil Agnew and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. 15:53] Are you an investor in GrubHub still? [16:08]

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Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top…

Austin Startup

We’ll fly five of them to Austin for an epic pitch-off resulting in one of them receiving $100,000 in seed funding and a year of free access to Capital Factory’s coworking facility and mentor network. The Central Texas Angel Network is one of the most active angel groups in North America. for the second year in a row.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

Shortly after I graduated from college in 1990, America entered a recession. And my dream was to create some kind of software product that could positively impact people’s lives at massive scale. I wasn’t exactly sure what this software would do yet. In 1995, though, I wasn’t truly network-literate yet.