TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Our business model nudges us slightly toward the sound, safe (stodgy?) We work with clients to get them off the ground with a platform to build their business. As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives. Playing it safe.

Guinea 200

Guinea Application Development Ruby Web Development 200

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

WordPress is an open source project that was started by Matt Mullenweg leaving a comment on a blog. And that’s really the spirit of WordPress is this open source collaboration by people volunteering their time. John Jantsch: Is that Ruby? Troy Dean: No, it’s not Ruby. She said, “No problem.”

Community 42

Community Framework Ruby Architecture 42

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

I found the group of Ruby enthusiasts in SFRuby to be quite active and social. I volunteered as a teaching assistant in Sarahs very first class teaching Ruby and the two of us became good friends. Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model. Hes right on so many levels.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

Altgate

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Simple, they make killer products, they are a cash machine, it’s an attractive business model and they’re visionaries. 37signals also has a great business model. They’re considered the “gold standard&# for the freemium model where you give away basic service and charge for enhanced features.

Ruby 47

Ruby Offshore Framework Venture Capital 47

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Some startups die because their business model is platform-dependant. If you're betting the entire business on getting traffic through search results, at any moment a competitor or the platform itself could oust you. Take Heroku , a fully-managed Ruby on Rails platform. Companies like TweetUp and Ad.ly

Marketing 229

Marketing Ruby SEO Widget 229

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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! Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110