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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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Tanner Research Gets $100K SBIR

socalTECH

Monrovia-based Tanner Research , which provides technology research, electronic design automation (EDA) software, and other products and services, said Tuesday that it has been awarded a SBIR Phase I contract worth $100,000 from the Army Research Office. Department of Defense, IBM, Intel, and others.

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5 Strategies For Building Winning People Connections

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC. We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal.

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Interview with Elizabeth Cholawsky, HG Data

socalTECH

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. How'd you end up at HG Data? So, I cam on board.

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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. For example, even though we were leading an entrepreneurial effort within IBM, we found it a challenge to deal with the inbred mainframe culture, reverence for process, and accounting practices of a large company.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

My family had the very first edition of the IBM XT computer with a 10 MB hard drive. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting.

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Saxena: More Than a Tool, A.I. Must Be Used With Society in Mind

Xconomy

He’s one of the founding members of AI Global , an initiative with the goal of promoting responsible development and deployment of A.I. But he’s also aware that the technology, if not used carefully, could end up hurting society. technologies. As part of Xconomy’s series of year-end posts , we asked.