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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

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Strategy: Convey Your Reputation. You also need to convey your personal background and reputation. How can you reveal your reputation? But indirect reciprocity plays a powerful role in online communities, such as open-source development. Before launching your campaign, build your community reputation.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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You dont /have/ to build vendor lists and out-source. Posted by: Peter Cooper | September 10, 2007 7:23 AM It wouldve been nice to hear a mention, or at least suggestion, of the role open source software plays in the development process - even if to say it shouldnt be used. Posted by: Dave | September 10, 2007 7:44 AM Hey Peter.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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also, just to clarify, the first idea we worked on that we called “meebo&# back in 2003 was my idea. Will it kill these SV types to admit building HTML front-ends to open source products? There was something very right about Zed Shaw’s rant regarding open source licenses. link] Jim Great article Seth.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. To get reputation, you answer questions and they’re peer reviewed. You can only gain a certain amount of reputation in a day.