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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

Docker is an open platform designed to let developers and sysadmins build, ship and run distributed apps from anywhere. Based on the buzz it’s created in the developer community this year, we’d say it has followed through on this promise. And the Docker open-source community may be in the midst of a potentially ugly split.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved. I started UpKeep after seeing and using traditional enterprise software. The business model.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

At the time, RIM was the dominant smartphone company and Livingston settled into a “process-heavy” job within the company, where he worked tirelessly all hours. “By By day I did my job, but at night I wrote a piece of software to automate my job,” he recalls. “At That something the Kik CEO found to be “personally devastating”.

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13 Helpful Organization and Productivity Apps For Small Businesses

crowdSPRING Blog

Files you need to collaborate on with others, sometimes across different time zones. And then there’s all of the critical information, like legal contracts and forms, you and your employees need to access. Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO.

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How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees

thinkspace.com

The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? The one thing that I think is missing is distributing equity to every single employee in the company regardless of title.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. If someone had been there and just told me “join a great founding team, focus on the product, and forget everything else,” I would have saved a lot of time and heartache. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. No legal muck.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire. Tiny, contracting market.

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