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Open Source Business Model

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► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so).

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

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Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. Startup Culture Lessons From Mad Men - OnStartups , July 26, 2010 The following is a guest post by Brian Halligan who is my co-founder and CEO at HubSpot (which means he gets to do most of the really hard work).