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Silicon Beach's Hidden Advantage: More Talent?

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There''s been a perpetual complaint and worry in Southern California for years: how difficult it is to find good talent, particularly in engineering and software, for early stage startups. Those non-engineering skills appear to be far easier to find down here than in Silicon Valley. READ MORE>>.

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Google For Icons | IconFinder Providing The Best for Developers and Designers

Tech Zulu Event

Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. Back in 2004-2005 I was working as a full-time web designer, where we used KDE (Linux). In 2009 I launched version 2 and asked the talented designers at TurboMilk to do a logo.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Q Manning of Rocksauce Studios | Founder Interview

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So in October 2010, I evaluated the competitive landscape and realized that there weren’t any app companies out there focused on what I thought mattered the most: the brand, the look, and the experience a client would have with an app. Lastly, I think the push on Reponsive Web Design is going to really take off this year.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine. How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software. Entrepreneurism / Monetization design, Recruiting, Software development. .

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. But getting well paying job in technology and importantly distributed all across this country is important to the future competition of the US in the world and important to helping solve our economic problems. T vs. Mr. Rogers [this last one NSFW].

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