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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. Like in the early days of Web 2.0, 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Bootstrapped. Open Source.

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No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. And even you could work 70 on-task hours per week, that's still blown away by 10 developers at a funded company or even 10 passionate open source developers working part-time. Except in certain industries (e.g. We're better at SEO and social media.

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Using Open Source to Bootstrap Your Data Service

Feld Thoughts

When I started investing in companies that were building Web apps in 1994, it was once again all HTML / source code and examples everywhere. Tags: Open Source data simplegeo. Your goal should be to make it as simple as possible for a developer to immediately start using your API in ways relevant to them.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. What is bootstrapping? So, what does it mean to bootstrap a company? Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help) Ive been asked to speak this year at the Web 2.0 It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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As promised, Bootstrap creators release first update since leaving Twitter

The Next Web

When Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton, the creators of the Bootstrap toolkit, announced they were leaving Twitter last month, they promised to continue working on the project, even though it was launched in August 2011 while they were employed at the social networking giant. Today, they have delivered on that promise with Bootstrap 2.2.0.

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TechWildcatters Applications Due March 19

The Startup Lawyer

Here’s the type of startups TechWildcatters is looking for: -Applications: B2B Web/Enterprise 2.0, Technology: Web, SaaS, open source, data integration, middleware, etc. BI/data/analytics, gaming/simulation, etc. Customers: SMB through Fortune 500 (no consumer apps). Apply to TechWildcatters here.