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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

I will argue that when the dust settles, although we will have fewer firms, each type well end up more focused on traditional stage segments that cater to the core competencies of that firm. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 million in infrastructure just to get started and another $2.5

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Interview with Michael Witz, Mob Science

socalTECH

We started working on the new IP, and that's the game we announced the deal with Zynga on. Michael Witz: For us to be successful, the game has to be innovative, and it has to have really high production values. How did you start company? A year ago, we decided to do a really big game, to elevate ourselves in the space.

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A Night Of #Hackfest With BetterWorks

Tech Zulu Event

Welcome to the accelerated version of Startup Weekend. Brought back fond memories of my weekend at Startup Weekend. walking around seeing coders buried deep into code, focused on completing their product before the clock expired. Some used Java, Ruby, jQuery while others used PHP, HTML, and CSS. Product Design.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, In the UC System alone in 2010, Southern California UC schools formed 49 startups, trumping the 22 started up north.

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We Want You!…To Succeed! TechZulu & Gadget Review Partner with Microsoft

Tech Zulu Event

We’ve always been huge advocates of startups. In the coming weeks we will begin to search out qualified startups who can take advantage of what Microsoft has to offer. Qualified startups can receive up to $60K in Azure cloud credits, technical support, access to Microsoft software, and more. Startups who are….

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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Why.Net???

Alon Schwartz

From the first day we started Docstoc people have been asking me “ why.Net ”? This X can be PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, or even Java. After all, it’s a Microsoft product and, as we all know, Microsoft is all about world domination and the end of free and open source software as we know it. Well, seriously why.Net?

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