Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Products that can be easily produced and sold via multiple channels, including the Internet, are more easily scaled world-wide. Use open-source e-commerce and website software, including web-chat software and PayPal, rather than building expensive customized solutions. Develop a product line and add alternate channels.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

With each passing day, we hear of new leaks of information over the internet, including IDs and passwords, top-secret classified government data, credit card information, personal nude photos, and much more. Cybersecurity is of utmost importance to anyone who runs a website. Use a Secure Host.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. You can find the 2005 version here.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I’ve been noodling on this post for a few months now, trying to find the best way to explain why a decentralized Internet is important and how we might get from here to there. More creative and economic opportunity for developers and entrepreneurs. Ralph Merkle summarized many possible developments here. .

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Nils is an e ntrepreneur passionate about stuff on the internet out of Brussels, Belgium. Nils is an open-source aficionado. By grabbing millions of data points every day, he developed a passion for automating, scaling and distributing services at scale. Nils is an open-source aficionado.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Base10 includes 300 startups in their generative AI landscape (source). Generative AI is being adopted by developers and larger companies alike. It’s enough to look at Stable Diffusion SDK adoption on GitHub to get a sense of how excited developers are about this technology. Adoption of the Stable Diffusion APIs (source).

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Dries Buytaert created Drupal, an open source content management platform, in his dorm room. The sharing and collaboration practices of the internet are extending to transportation (Uber), hotels (Airbnb), financing (Kickstarter, LendingClub), music services (Spotify) and even software development (Linux, Drupal).

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

The launch of GPT-4 in March 2023, with its 1 trillion parameters and the new plugins that will connect ChatGPT to the Internet. But it’s not only the AI startups that are active in the generative AI space. While ChatGPT is most famously known, there are over 750 generative AI globally. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 31, 2017

If you look at the Carlota Perez technology surge cycle chart, which is a framework I like to use when thinking about new technologies, you will see that a frenzy develops when a new technology enters the material phase of the installation period. the decentralized Internet). But, like the late 90s frenzy in Internet 1.0 (the

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. I mention this because I believe the layered metaphor for technology development has served our industry well and even if you aren’t technical it’s an important concept for you to grasp.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21 st century. Starting now.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Unfortunately, many new business owners, overwhelmed by the sheer number of tasks and follow-ups that come with developing a business, let their website get lost in the shuffle , either design-wise or content-wise. Okay, so you’ve traipsed around the internet and gotten some ideas. Overwhelmed yet? Key to Style: Focus on the Classics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Ive attempted to embed the relevant slides below. Talk about waste.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In this post, I’ll provide an overview of these recent developments as well as a sense of the grand vision I see forming for Lightning around payments and Web3 applications. In contrast to DeFi’s “move fast and break things” attitude, Lightning development has been intentionally slower and more methodical. 1) Generalizable Payments .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Software crowd sourcing. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

Innovative technology helps us serve our world more effectively, and businesses have the potential to develop and deploy these solutions. If you are considering developing a vertical SaaS, it is your responsibility to communicate the technology’s robust benefits in a way that’s accessible to your potential customers.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2019

If you’re like most small business owners, you probably relied on an open-source content management system (CMS) like WordPress to build your website. Plus, building your own site is an easy way to get your business off the ground—particularly when you don’t have the budget to hire a developer to build a fully customized site.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

And even you could work 70 on-task hours per week, that's still blown away by 10 developers at a funded company or even 10 passionate open source developers working part-time. , so you figure if you work a "healthy" 70 hours per week , you'll win! But working harder is not, in fact, smarter. We're cheaper.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As a result, it is a wonderful moment to develop a unique solution in this field. Fourth, real estate companies are increasingly developing superior remote property viewings to increase their business. Fifth, software systems can now develop ad campaigns for new listings automatically. Photo Credit: Lattice Hudson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Software crowd sourcing. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. Open source. eLearning development environment. Open source. Open source. Open source.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

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. Your mileage may vary. Quickbooks Online – Accounting.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The internet is rife with opinionated and polarised content over the ‘Best CMS’ of today’s times. As a new age web development platform, Drupal allows creation and modification of big web sites with a difficult structure. Drupal speeds up your development process because it is easy to extend, easy to build. Architecture.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2018

by Guilherme Sesterhein, CSM and software development/Google area leader at ilegra. They do care about quality on their development process. Now a quick link with internet-related startups: companies who grow unbelievable percentages every year in the entire world. You could think that this means that cloud is basic.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 1, 2010

We're thinking of going open-source — it's free. You: Open-source is free like puppies are free. Having nothing but the Web of Lies Internet to rely on for tech support is not free. When you have a problem, we connect you directly with developers instead of hiding behind off-shore Level 1 support.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2013

4) Embracing freedom, liberty and openness on the Internet through Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) code. 5) Liberating customers through the development of VRM tools. 5) Liberating customers through the development of VRM tools.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. Open source. eLearning development environment. Open source. Open source. Open source.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Attempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. Open source. eLearning development environment. Open source. Open source. Open source.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. Open source. eLearning development environment. Open source. Open source. Open source.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The blockchain and Arcadeum architecture we’re developing enables the future of gaming, where players benefit from truly owning their digital items, privacy, provable fairness, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through play. We started developing SkyWeaver in January 2018. He has an Erd?s s score of 2.

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