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Open Source Business Model

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There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Why are consulting CTOs so scarce?

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Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs?

Software By Rob

The masses have grown weary of the blog “fad” just as they grew weary of the “email” fad in the late 90s, the “internet” fad in 2000, MySpace and Friendster in 2007/2008, and how they’ll grow tired of the Facebook and Twitter fads in 2010 and move on to something else. October 15th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. As a developer I’ve probably had contact with 300 open source projects, components, and applications. at 11:23 am [.]

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

The comments here and on a few social bookmarking sites mentioned that you could quit your day job if you wanted to, and that you could live on $2500/month just fine in many cities in the world (although in my hypothetical situation I was speaking about a developer based in the hypothetical U.S.). Costs range from $300-$1000 per year.

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Marketing is Design: Three Words that Increased My E-commerce.

Software By Rob

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. Just as I go to my friend who’s a brilliant SQL developer to help me with my HAVING clause, I want to go to a marketing genius and have him/her tell me the exact steps I need to take to begin converting visitors to paying customers. I want solid answers.

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