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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. Social Hybrid AI x human communities – messaging & social apps where bots are treated as equal citizens.

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Open Source Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

One of the great things about being a retired entrepreneur is that I get to give back to the community that helped me. The class teaches the three basic skills all entrepreneurs need to know: business model design. The Slides/Video tab on the top of this page has all the open source course material for my classes.

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How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

For every programming language, there’s a community surrounding it, making certain languages better suited for certain industries. Ruby is generally adopted by small companies, owing to its experimental and exploratory community. Open Source Code. Speed and Scalability. are focused on speed. Industry Standards.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? The UI could kill small animals.

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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. Open Source. Mumble – the first wide spread free and open source software for VoIP. Bootstrapped.

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World with Bitcoin

The Startup Magazine

Bitcoin was created by an anonymous person or group under the name Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open-source software in 2009. The number of Bitcoins that can be created is regulated by Bitcoin mining which is designed to max out at 21 million Bitcoins. What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a digital resource (like money).

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

Or you could use open-source software to develop your product, which is often free or low-cost. Developed by the UK-based nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation, this tiny computer was designed to provide affordable access to computing education in schools. It helps you to focus on what’s important.

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