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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation. Details to come.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. San Diego has Qualcomm.

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

Austin Startup

Indeed.com said that Austin is the best place for a software engineer to get a job where his paycheck goes the farthest compared to the cost of living. 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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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Versatile is an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. . We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city. He writes periodically at teten.com. . As of late 2020, we’ve deployed approximately $4M across 23 investments. “We

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