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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Next up: Joe Andrieu CEO/Founder, SwitchBook Chair, Project VRM Standards Committee Key questions - Will it accomplish what you need? Now up: Craig Ogg Co-Founder Freshly Grated Software former VP of R&D, Stamps.com Have had to make choices about platforms many times. Ruby on Rails as a platform? Completely agree.

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Should You Hire a Programmer or DIY? | Vinicius Vacanti

viniciusvacanti.com

September 27, 2010 | View Comments This is the third part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. I’m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. Advice: I wrote a gude to finding a technical co-founder.

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Mass Relevance Launches with Funding

Austin Startup

He’s joined by Brian Dainton and Eric Falcao, two seasoned Ruby developers who will hold the titles of Director of Products, and Director of Platform. Q: Your co-founders have been working on some technology in their spare time. Chief Content Officer for ad:tech. You can’t discount serendipity and relationships.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. It's one of those things that founders can do sometimes where other employees are afraid to do it.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Ruby Toolbox. Sinatra : Super easy to use, the only drawback is that you have to learn ruby setup your database. Rails (Ruby).