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8 Ways To Stay Competitive In Today’s Technical World

Startup Professionals Musings

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need.

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High Tech is Hot -- and CA is on fire!

AeA Los Angeles Council

California's high-tech industry added more than 21,000 jobs last year, and is maintaining its place as the nation's industry leader. By the numbers, California has 940,700 high-tech workers, a high-tech payroll of $95.2 billion and 43, 400 high-tech enterprises. Competitiveness.

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Learning is Fun with Two Bit Circus’ STEAM Carnival

Tech Zulu Event

Carnival, to be presented by Two Bit Circus is to be a traveling high-tech amusement event that will visit select cities in the U.S. The team behind Two Bit Circus hopes to make education entertaining and entertainment more educational, by transforming the way people view games and amusement. starting in Spring of 2014.

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STEM - Building A Better Tomorrow

AeA Los Angeles Council

President on April 16th, with the hope of addressing our country’s competitive position in the world as it relates to Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM). Such action will allow for the fulfillment of the commitments made in your American Competitiveness Initiative and in the America COMPETES Act signed into law last summer.

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Eight Startup Tips From Mark Zuckerberg

InfoChachkie

" When asked about the competition he feared most, Bill Gates is alleged to have said, "the two guys inventing away in a garage somewhere." The typical startup cannot afford a massive ad campaign to educate users as to its value proposition. " Even if this quote is apocryphal, it remains instructive.

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U.S. technology industry in jeopardy?

AeA Los Angeles Council

™s education system and immigration policies, the supply of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) workers will continue to decrease, jeopardizing the technology industry in the United States. Many high tech master’s degree programs are populated predominantly by foreign nationals.

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Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell

InfoChachkie

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. Despite the relative dominance of product-oriented innovations, they seldom create sustainable competitive advantages. You can read about the variable impact of the various forms of innovation in Fast Followers.

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