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The End Of “Build It Yourself” Software

YoungUpstarts

On May 7, 1947, Levitt & Sons announced their first rental homes in Levittown, New York. The companies that ‘rent’ these products on a SaaS basis enjoy the highest standard in software without the costs, risks and tech quandaries of in-house development. This Levittown model is the future of payments software.

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Why Software Development Estimations Are Regularly Off

Diego Basch

When asked to hike between New York and Chicago, he will be much more accurate. On the other hand, an experienced software engineer asked to build a control system for a car to drive itself from SF to LA is facing a completely different problem. A luddite hiker will do the journey once and learn.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. years of software development. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 If you have a storage need in one of these cities please consider checking out MakeSpace.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers.

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How to Find and Close Angel Investors from a Standing Start

View from Seed

Software developers like to spend time with like-minded developers. As a VC myself, at a New York- and Boston-focused firm, I frequently point entrepreneurs to the same resources. Affinity by function. Marketing people love to swim with other marketing gurus.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover. NYU-Poly has not one, but four business incubators, boasting incredible support for fledgling businesses in the greater New York City area. Innovation Depot.

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