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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. During World War II the demands of war industries caused millions more Americans to move to where most defense plants located. When they couldn’t find any customers they donated the ERA 1101 to Georgia Tech.

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

When enterprises started contacting him about Salesforce and archiving solutions, it was clear that this was an opportunity that demanded to be properly resourced. Right around the time I joined First Round , Rob started thinking about raising an angel round. We're looking for a solid VP of engineering and some additional developers.

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

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. But finding such people is more than a full time job. Indeed, I spend about half my time on it, while Lisa spends about all hers. Expensify Blog. Sunday edit : Still going!

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