mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

CTO Hire 73

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 I was more open to it becoming a real company, but I never really expected it to be a real company from the beginning. On Launching and Finding Early Traction.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Friday - May 27, 2005 at 09:21 AM in. One of the cofounders has been active on a mailing list for Asterisk , an open-source Linux-based PBX. You just give the agents a PC with a web browser and a headset and this company will do everything else. Gourmet Customer Service. buy it on Amazon. (in)Frequently Categories.

Stealth 40

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. You can find the 2005 version here.

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

I have shared many of these thoughts in earlier posts like " The web-based platform " last October and " Web-based businesses circa 2004." " Web 1999/2000. LAMP, open source, Intel, clusters, JBOD. It is no wonder why VCs are quite excited about next generation web companies.

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Web API Business Model Open Source 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. The desktop web introduced banner ads that offered “brand advertising” opportunities akin to television.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream in the next few years (I actually have a bet on this with some college friends). After reading the wonderful blogpost on the BBC’s dynamic semantic publishing system , it reminded me that the Semantic Web has two audiences: the common web user (my mom) and developers.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2015

Last week LinkedIn reminded me that it’s been 9 years since I started VC Cafe (Dec 2005). I talked about this in my new years resolution post from last year – Learning Should be your top New Years Resolution , which was also posted on The Next Web. This is still one of the things I enjoy the most about blogging.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 7, 2005

" That’s been a pretty focusing statement for us over the years, and as we enter the new year, you should expect 2005 to be one in which we place an ever heightening focus on our dialog with the community, and the developer community in particular. Enter the web and the open source movement.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

What follows are five ecommerce trends that illustrate the direction that online shopping is headed, as well as some insight and strategies that will allow businesses and consumers to better navigate the uncertain seas of web-based retail. Mobile devices are fast becoming the preferred method of accessing the web. Web Video Roundup.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 27, 2008

One example is my long time friend and attorney, Robert Chow, who just launched GrowthStage and has joined the open source law movement. WordPress is open source so they tend to play nice with other companies, particularly the widget makers. I just did an “a&# for Altgate (as a joke, I used the Web 2.0

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

We’re increasingly comfortable overlapping our online and real lives, and web services that figure out how to make our real lives easier will do well. Meanwhile, some of the web’s best-known companies increased their presence in New York City — likely bringing investor money and capable engineers with them.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

When inspiration strikes, it’s all too tempting to start envisioning your company logo, web design, signage, business cards, etc. It sure is nice to have your company name match your web address. Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. January 16, 2012 14:10:08.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve noticed a number of web development firms and agencies just vanish without a trace. Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Flag this comment.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 4 million followers across social media, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. As the mobile application space continues to explode, developers are increasingly using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 to aid in the creation of web apps and native mobile apps. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 31, 2008

And they didn’t just create a great company they also spun off their technology into an open source framework ( Ruby on Rails ) and refined a new form of development termed “ Getting Real.&# Think about that for a minute. development framework and write a book.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

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Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Learn Web Design, Coding & more! Not long ago designers who laid out web pages also had to plunge into myriad layers of nested tables, ferreting out that one misplaced or making the same tedious width change across many pages. Up to 2005 they were the only solution supported by all major browsers at the time. Learn More.

Framework 54

Framework HTML Software Review Widget 54

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Unfortunately, the web is ripe with sites that offer social implementations that miss the mark. You can go to any number of sites across the web that only offer Facebook Connect for social login. (My Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Top Stories.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. startupcto

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Top Stories. All Stories.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

On the other extreme, modern web-based applications face almost no technical risk, and are governed by high market uncertainty. Eric) In a bar in Amsterdam in 2005, my two cofounders and I came to the sad conclusion that startup we tried to built for two years was doomed. What follows are solely his opinions.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Top Stories. All Stories.

PR 103

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) They had three new ideas: index more of the Web, uselinks to rank search results, and have clean, simple web pages withunintrusive keyword-based ads. At first weexpected our customers to be Web consultants. Want to start a startup?

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Top Stories.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

If you are a totally new site with zero web presence what can you do to even get people there? With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides.

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Marketing firm Performics reported that 49% of “heavy mobile web users&# have made a purchase using a mobile device. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

When she’s not working to create the best experience for each and every user, she spends her time scouring the web for juicy details about the startup world. Founders Paul Farnell, Matthew Brindley, and David Smalley started Litmus in 2005 with a used computer and $800 dollars. Who says a bootstrapped startup can’t succeed?

Bootstrapping 78

Bootstrapping Startup Cofounder Salary 78

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’m just really sick of how Techcrunch propagates this fairy tale scenario of web startups but spinning this best-case scenario success story as being the guide for others’ success when they really comes down to a number of jackpot background factors. It really needs some rounded corners for that web 2.0

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

routes to customers which are more under your control and more likely to stand out from the background noise on the web. And no, putting retweet buttons on web pages doesn’t count.) Though it’s a tiresome cliché, having viral/social/sharing as an inherent, required behavior of the system is one of those routes.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Penguin : Released April 2012, this algorithm put tighter guidelines on website optimization and adjusted a number of web spam factors, including keyword stuffing, cloaking, unnatural links and content spinning. Google just wants to make the web a better place, and it does that by rewarding people who do things right. Satish Sharma.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

Java 107

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? Google bought web 2.0 In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. Google bought web 2.0 For many startups, the transition isn’t a hard sell. On2 Technologies.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Be careful with misspelled words, though, as they may feel too “web 2.0” While.com is still the gold standard on the web, a clever use of other domain extensions can still lead to a great name. Web Video Roundup. Open Source Lists. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Top Stories.

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