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How to build a multi-million dollar website without spending a cent

The Next Web

My personal favorites would be Java (Grails), Ruby (on rails) and PHP. A few years ago, this is where you would sink all your hard earned bootstrap cash – but these days our friends at Amazon have given you a bunch of free hosting and space to get your next venture launched at no cost. Step 3: Infrastructure and technology stack.

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Startup Launch Checklist

Spencer Fry

Do some basic keyword analysis: Not every app is great for SEO, but if you think that people are searching with a problem you're solving, then you should do the keyword analysis and build your site's copy around it. Hammer home your message. It's great to have numbers to work toward that aren't arbitrary. Up and to the right! Launch Day.

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I learned Ruby on Rails. How I started I tried Ruby on Rails a few months ago but my experience was very frustrating. But after a discussion with Hendro , founder of Moluko , I decided to give Ruby on Rails another go. So far I have developed two projects in Ruby on Rails. My first project is Eventr.

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I learned Ruby on Rails. How I started I tried Ruby on Rails a few months ago but my experience was very frustrating. But after a discussion with Hendro , founder of Moluko , I decided to give Ruby on Rails another go. So far I have developed two projects in Ruby on Rails. My first project is Eventr.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

If you’re likely to use Ruby on Rails, find the local Ruby users group monthly meeting. If you’re in Sacramento, go to the Sacramento Ruby Meetup and go to the San Francisco Ruby Meetup as well. In this case, figure out the technology platform you’re likely to use and go where the users gather.

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Marketing Platform Independence

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Bootstrapped companies have no such luxury. In my opinion SEO is the same way. If you're doing SEO as one of ten tactics to get people to show up to your site, that's great. Take Heroku , a fully-managed Ruby on Rails platform. Like with SEO for lead-gen, you still do it, but it's not your only means of lead-gen.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

These are the geniuses clogging up Craigslist’s “Computer Gigs&# with ads saying stuff like “Need iPhone Developer: Compensation: 30% of profits (when we get them)&# or “Ruby on Rails ROCKSTAR needed: $20/hr&# [link] Nils Noack Definitely a good read! link] SEO India Wonderful!! From Nothing To Something.