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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What other kinds of systems will we likely need? Accounting? What are the important security considerations?

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

APIs – Integrating with Twitter, Facebook and Google+ is essential for more than just the Oauth login. Dave McClure’s presentation on startup metrics start here: A framework for thinking about stats. Your startup could be big in Japan! KISS Metrics – How to Run A/B Tests that Get REAL Results. Distribution Hacks.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

January has been a very bad month for Ruby on Rails developers, with two high-severity security bugs permitting remote code execution found in the framework and a separate-but-related compromise on rubygems.org, a community resource which virtually all Ruby on Rails developers sit downstream of. Posted on January 31, 2013. by Patrick.

Security 101