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How Not To Run Your Own Technology Startup

YoungUpstarts

P.S. Three types of external providers are not mentioned because they are well known: open-source software stacks, domain name (DNS) providers, and marketing/social networking sites. Trello – Planning for business development, design, some strategy work. Amazon EC2 – Computing, server management, hosting.

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Work Less, Get More Done, Convenient Open Source, What a Startup.

Software By Rob

Making Open Source Convenient: JumpBox – A startup focused on making it dead-simple to get started with open source applications, they create virtual machines completely pre-configured to just start and go (including versions that runs on Amazon EC2). Send her to CrossLoop, affordable online computer help.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). There will be other layers including place information and open-source data. Social Networking Will Split Into Layers.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing. It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. Open source became a movement – a mentality. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. Amazon will surely keep moving up the stack.

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Games Are Different

Andrew Payne

Open-source stacks make it easier than ever to crank things out. EC2, S3) removes most up-front capital requirements. I think it’s very hard to build large value there, for a variety of reasons: It’s insanely crowded; lots of people code these days. Cloud-based hosting (e.g. This makes the rules a bit different.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

I’ll discuss what skills you’ll need, how to write your requirements, how to source developers and designers, how much to budget, how to agree a development contract, how to manage your vendors, how to plan your release, all the documentation youll need, and much more. What is bootstrapping?