Cofounder Silicon Valley Software Engineering 
The Next Web
JUNE 11, 2014
Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. He is the co-founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. There is no other place like Silicon Valley, the tech Mecca of access to great talent, capital and countless prospective clients.
Steve Blank
JULY 7, 2015
Jon Sebastiani , founder and CEO of KRAVE Jerky , a company that got its start in my class at Berkeley back in 2011 and was recently acquired by Hershey. Eric Ries co-founded Catalyst Recruiting while attending Yale, and continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com. Taking My Class.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. It’s not accident we have so many great startups targeting commerce including Tradesy, DailyLook, NastyGal, Honest Co & JustFab just to name a few. ”). .”).
Steve Blank
MAY 11, 2009
The Cinepak codec was written by the engineer who would become my cofounder at Rocket Science Games.) Since we had gotten out of the software business when we came out of Chapter 11 , and our sales channel didn’t know what to do with software, we licensed ReelTime to Adobe. There was nothing for the consumer to do.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
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. I am now talking with some affinity groups in these domains about co-organizing such pitch nights under the umbrella of HBS Angels.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 10, 2012
This is not the first time a Silicon Valley entrepreneur has advocated learning to code as opposed to going to college. A year ago, PayPal co-founder and serial entrepreneur Peter Thiel created the “ Thiel Foundation ” to give $100,000 to 20 people under the age of 20 to start their own companies.
The Next Web
JUNE 19, 2012
Under the relatively fresh ‘TNW Profile’ banner, we regularly shine a light on great European entrepreneurs and startup founders, to learn more about their journey and their business, and what drives them personally. Me and my cofounders Joanna Socha and Mariusz Lusiak just got into Y Combinator. What are you currently involved with?
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