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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

They took an open source approach, inviting thousands of collaborators from around the world to contribute potential solutions. None of this would have been possible without the open source contributions of thousands of scientists around the world. We are working on a open-source drug discovery project against COVID-19.

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WordPress vs Webflow

ConversionXL

Image source ). Ultimately the CMS you choose will impact how quickly you can ship and test products, sales pages and design your site and content. First launched in 2003, WordPress is the leading CMS by which 35% of the entire internet is powered. If you’re a lean startup just starting, there’s much less inertia to overcome.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up. In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community. WordPress was typically used by Web designers who learned to code or by self-taught developers.

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The Lean LaunchPad Educators Class

Steve Blank

In 2003 U.C. Business model design + customer development + agile development is the process that startups use to search for a business model. While I had open-sourced all my lectures and put them online via Udacity , I was getting requests to teach other educators how teach the class. Teaching “Search versus Execution”.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

Thanks to Apples iOS and Googles open source Android OS, smartphone and tablet apps have enjoyed a period of astounding success over the past few years. SAY Medias Alex Schleifer is the lead designer for ReadWriteWebs re-design (currently in process) and his quote above captures why mobile websites are enjoying a renaissance.

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The Lean LaunchPad Educators Class

Steve Blank

In 2003 U.C. Business model design + customer development + agile development is the process that startups use to search for a business model. While I had open-sourced all my lectures and put them online via Udacity , I was getting requests to teach other educators how teach the class. Teaching “Search versus Execution”.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). In the end you’ll need to find your gifting and figure out a way you can use it to do something people will notice.