For those who think they do not have the resources available to them then consider Fritz Ekwoge, a Cameroon born and based programmer and develop who created iYam.mobi, a mobile phone based directory. Or, look at 15 zear oldLachy Groom from Australia who is on her 4th tech startup with her newest project dubbed the iPad Case Finder.
It does seem as though the going will get tougher for people who are struggling to make it big in the IT industry, especially for those residing in developed nations like America and England. Aspirations to build a career in IT, could demand you to move to regions like Jonesboro, Ark., Sebeka, Minn., or Macon, [...]
Young, innovative graduates should seek out small startups that are doing quality work instead of working for the big 'brand' houses just to be resume worthy. Resumes really don't matter. What you learn and achieve matters a lot.
The key to making a site builder for end-users is to make software that lets people with no design ability produce things that look good -- or at least professional.
Proto.in brings together entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, veterans, investors, technologists, bloggers, mentors, bankers, media professionals, hackers, mavericks, students, and even folks from the government bodies such as DST, NASSCOM, TiE, IAMAI.
India used to be seen as the perfect offshore research and development hub for global firms seeking to tap its low-cost and supposedly vast engineering talent pool to devise products for world markets.
Many VCs have tied up with investment banks to reach out to the budding entrepreneurs in the country. International funds such as US-based Kleiner Perkins, Mayfield, Quantum and Evergreen and Switzerland's VGD have either tied up, or are in the process of tying up with Indian banks to leverage India's blinding economic growth.
Back in 1995, Harvard Business School professor James McKenney called computer costs an "insatiable economic sump" for businesses. From the time the first mainframes were installed in offices in the 1950s, companies have been pouring cash into information technology, much of it going to upgrade existing equipment and programmes.