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Lean on Your Networks When Making Early Hires

Tech.Co

If you hired an outstanding front-end software engineer, chances are they are friends with other outstanding software developers. More likely, the company is building something the superconnector is passionate about and involving them as a mentor would excite them. Because smart people know other smart people.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. ”).