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Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

Startup Lessons Learned

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. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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The free software hiring advantage

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The free software hiring advantage This is one of those startup tips Im a little reluctant to share, because its been such a powerful source of competitive advantage in the companies Ive worked with. This approach gives you an edge in hiring. Submit patches.

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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. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

Beware the new hire who has "extensive experience" in startups or big companies - using a different growth driver. Make sure you test to see if they are truly open minded, because otherwise you risk them banging their head against a wall, trying to use the tactics that worked so well in their previous company. Bring your questions.

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15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

The Next Web

The main hub for starting a tech business is currently San Francisco. Jason Evanish wrote a great post about 25 Things I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco. If you are a first-time entrepreneur, San Francisco is most likely not the best city for you to start your company. Dominate the world. ”.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. In this business environment, hiring a new CEO who had experience growing a company around a single technical innovation was a rational decision for venture investors.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? For example, how are you going to explain that component drive architecture like.NET isn't going to work for cross platform open open source business models? April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Massive proprietary databases?

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