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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? 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.

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How To Fix Obamacare

Feld Thoughts

Now that our federal government is back at work and the short term debt ceiling thing is resolved, it should be no surprise that the news cycle is now obsessed with Obamacare and its flawed implementation. Many years ago I read Fredrick Brooks iconic book on software engineering – The Mythical Man-Month.

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Why good people leave large tech companies

Steve Blank

So, this was a meeting of last resort, as the engineering director was making one last appeal to the CFO to keep his team in town. While a significant part of the headcount of this tech company was in manufacturing, the director’s group was made up of experienced software engineers. They’re lucky they work here.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

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Extended Requests for Startups 2025 list

VC Cafe

The Future of Software Engineering: YC believes that while AI can write code, human software engineers will still be needed to manage teams of AI agents that build software. They want to fund startups that enable generalist software developers to manage these teams of agents.

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Top 5 Innovative Business Ideas For Civil Engineers

YoungUpstarts

Roads, streets, bridges, metro lines, and huge skyscrapers everything that we see from the business and corporate buildings to malls for entertainment, is just because of the marvels of civil engineering. While construction, ministries, and the government have a set plan of safety protocols that must be followed by the company at all points.

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How Data Analytics Influences (and Can Better Influence) Your Business

YoungUpstarts

No matter how many times companies and governments get in trouble for using people’s data to their advantage, (Can anyone say Facebook and Russia?), In a recent report, the BLS includes new management, teaching, and software engineering positions that focus on data analytics. Think about it.

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