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How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

This is one of the many challenges that you’ll have to take head-on as the founder of a tech startup. Most startup founders agree that it’s best to choose people first and language second. Java and.NET, for example, are more enterprise-focused, giving them a more professional and formal tone. Open Source Code.

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Closely Aligned Functional Needs The most common reason that a language and platform is chosen is because there's an existing set of (often open source) functionality that you can tap into that aligns closely with your functional needs. It's way easier to get your pages setup in these languages than by choosing Java alone.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. Once again, we are grateful to have the opportunity to work with so many amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, and other collaborators to bring the boldstart family together. 2017 Recap.

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How to build a multi-million dollar website without spending a cent

The Next Web

Adam Arbolino is the co-founder and CTO of DesignCrowd.com , a logo, web and graphic design marketplace. With the growth of open-sourced platforms and advent of ‘freemium pricing models’, the time to try is now. Start networking and find a co-founder who shares your vision, and brings skills that are different from your own.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Leverage product development with open source and third parties. For example, early on at IMVU, we incorporated in tons of open source projects. At least in strongly typed languages such as Java. Financial leverage refers to investing that is supplemented by borrowed money.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

For example, Redmine — an open source developer productivity tool — is commonly installed at individual companies. Patrick is the founder of Kalzumeus Software. a look at the enterprise sector (java, for example) and take a breath. A brief summary of the last few years is available here. Thanks for visiting!

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