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

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld.

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NEXT by Startup Weekend in Boulder

Feld Thoughts

Below are the words of Ken Hoff, an up-and-coming leader in the Boulder startup community. During my senior year, I took “Startup Essentials for Software Engineering” (taught by Zach Nies of Rally Software) and I can confidently say it was the best class I ever took at CU. for more information.

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Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

Duct Tape Marketing

They have a vested interest in how well the company does,” he observes. “Part of the reason that our software is so good is that our software is written by people who don’t know the limitations of mechanical engineering and think that everything should be done with a sensor and software,” he says.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Vest, young man. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. Happy to help!

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity. same thing goes for the majority of the Java community).NET

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