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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

While employees are often inspired by success stories and case studies of triumphant innovation tales of large companies, the cost of not innovating is often overlooked. Blockbuster is a classic example of how complacent management can lead to a business’s downfall. Application Development Activity. Blockbuster.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly. The Funding Problem.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

This gives us a point of view about servers and modern web application development that isn't terribly common these days: each server in your cluster should be able to process a significant amount of user load. A site with a million users is much easier to manage today than it was in 2000. Easy stuff should be easy.

Guinea 200
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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects.

Flash 326
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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

Ben's Blog

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP. Much better.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Oracle real Application Clusters, Qualys QualysGuard, SAP Business Objects Broadcast Scheduler, SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 8.5, Oracle real Application Clusters, Qualys QualysGuard, SAP Business Objects Broadcast Scheduler, SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 8.5, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Oracle PeopleSoft 8.9,

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

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.