Craft Ventures Portfolio Companies

This post looks examines 149 companies in the Craft Ventures venture capital portfolio. It showcases new Series A and Seed startups as well as public companies the firm has invested in. Login to the Employbl dashboard to see the full dataset.

75 Top Artificial Intelligence Companies and Startups in 2021

A look at the Largest Artificial Intelligence Companies in the United States and AI startups that have raised the highest Series A and Seed financing rounds since beginning of 2020.

51 of the Newest and Most Funded Tech Startups in Los Angeles

This post find the top startups in LA based on total amount raised from Venture Capital firms and looks at some of the newest startups in the LA area that have raised millions of dollars.

Tech Companies and Startups in New York

This post is a breakdown of the current tech company and startup scene in NYC. It analyzes companies by HQ Location, Founded Year, Employee Count, Total Funding Amount and Industry.

Totals Counts for Software Companies in the United States

6,727 Software Companies in the United States broken down by Headquarters Location, Venture Capitalist and Founding Year. San Francisco, Y Combinator and 2015 come out on top for our analysis.

Startups in Oakland - Public Web Data

This post contains a comprehensive list of startups and software companies in Oakland, CA + my favorite picks of private startups well positioned to succeed 🚀

Find Startups by Venture Capital Firm

Introducing filter companies by investor on Employbl. Find private and public companies that VC firms have invested in. See what companies VC firms have invested in so you can work at a "winning" company.

Why I'm building Employbl

Getting a job can be terrifying for lots of people myself included. There ought to be better free tools available to candidates to help them find work, especially in tech.

Top Venture Capital firms in the Bay Area

If you're looking for a job or learning about companies it can be helpful to know about Venture Capital (VC) firms

5 Most Promising Cannabis Tech Startups

The cannabis culture has experienced growth for the past few years. The tech sector of the CBD industry has continued to light up new inventions and innovations. These technological advancements continue playing a crucial role in the cultivation, distribution, and consumption of legal cannabis globally.

How to Take Care Of Your Well-Being After A Layoff

I wanted to pull together a summary of some of the latest research and create some actionable suggestions to help you to take care of yourself, cope more effectively, and move forward in this moment

Overcoming Phone Anxiety for Your Next Phone Interview

Understanding why we have anxiety surrounding phone calls will lead to solutions that help curb this aspect of the job search. It’s my hope that after reading these tips, you’ll hang up your next interview with a brand new job.

Companies and Startups that use Laravel

This is a list of companies that use the open source Laravel PHP framework to build their web applications.

Writing: The Software Developer's Superpower

Writing is a deeply underestimated skill within the field of software development. Learning how to be a clear and concise writer is the fastest way to level up your output and effectiveness. In this post, you will find 3 strategies you can utilize to improve and stand out as a writer.

Tech Interview Prep Resources for Software Engineers

Guide to building side projects, finding companies to apply to, data structures and algorithms and services to help in your journey :)

Contract work, tech giants, recruiting agencies and the H-1B visa system

The H-1B is a temporary non-immigrant visa. Someone that comes to the USA on an H-1B visa can stay in the country for three years and renew it once for a grand total of six years.

The H1B visa - fashion models of distinguished merit

All about H1B visas, Labor Condition Applications and big US tech companies that sponsor H1B visa holders to come to America.

7 ways to improve as a software developer

Picking how to move forward requires reflecting on why you wanted to learn to code in the first place and defining goals and where you want to go. Whenever I feel stuck in how to advance professionally I try to focus on a few of these areas.

11 courses to help you become a better developer

Online courses to help you learn new things and become a better more confident software developer :)

Silicon Valley Map of Tech Companies and Startups

This is a map of all the tech companies and startups in Silicon Valley that I can find, updated regularly..

Tech Companies and Startups in Oakland

This is a post of all the tech companies and startups I can find in Oakland, CA. Hopefully it's hella helpful..

Rebuilding my personal site with Netlify and Hugo

This post goes over how and why I transitioned from GitHub Pages to Netlify and Hugo for my personal blog

Launch a Website with a Custom URL using Github Pages and Google Domains

Hosting: Free. Domain Name: $12/year Live Site: connorleech.info

How to Prepare for Technical Software Engineer Interviews

Here are some best practices for preparing for traditional software engineering interviews

The 2 types of software engineering interviews and how to prepare for them

Technical interviews can be broken down into two broad categories: domain specific interviews and computer science fundamentals interviews. To grow your career as a software engineer it’s important to recognize the different methodologies for evaluating talent.

Build a Single Page Application with Laravel 5.8, Vue.js and Tailwind

In this article I’m going to build a Single Page Application (SPA) with Laravel 5.8, Vue.js, Vue Router and a Tailwind CSS landing page template.

How to set up Vagrant on Mac

Here are some steps and notes I took recently when setting up Vagrant for Laravel development on a Mac

Best Tech Job Boards and resources for tech jobs 2019

These are the popular job boards startups and tech companies in the SF Bay Area use to hire talent. Use these job boards as a source of information in your job hunt.

Tech Recruitment Agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area

A summary of technical recruitment agencies work in the Bay Area. How much do they cost? How do they work? What are the advantages? What are the drawbacks? What technical recruitment agencies exist in the Bay Area?

Y Combinator companies with offices in San Francisco

This is a list of startup tech companies that went through the YC program and have physical offices in San Francisco.

Companies that use Marketo in the Bay Area

This is a list of startup and tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area that use Marketo for their Digital Marketing and Marketing Automation efforts.

Companies that use React in the Bay Area

This is a list of companies that use React.js in the Bay Area.

Build authentication into your Laravel API with JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

In this tutorial we’re going to expand the API we built in the previous tutorial to include authentication. By default Laravel includes authentication for session based authentication.

Build an API with Laravel 5.7

In this tutorial we'll go through setting up a JSON API with Laravel 5 and writing tests with PHPUnit

Use the Repository Design pattern in a Laravel application

There’s an alternative approach to development that abstracts some calls into PHP classes called Repositories. The idea is that we can decouple models from controllers and assign readable names to complicated queries.

Build a Task List with Laravel 5.4 and Vue 2

Get started with Laravel PHP framework and the Vue Javascript framework

132 Early Stage Startups Headquartered in San Francisco

This post showcases 132 early stage startups that have raised "Pre Seed", "Seed" or "Series A" fundraising rounds in 2021, sorted by the largest fundraising rounds at the top.