news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

This isnt trivial - believing in the projections and selling your passion and networking to find investors are all really hard. For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. social network/web analysis/etc.

Stealth 41

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

You dont /have/ to build vendor lists and out-source. Posted by: Peter Cooper | September 10, 2007 7:23 AM It wouldve been nice to hear a mention, or at least suggestion, of the role open source software plays in the development process - even if to say it shouldnt be used. social network for sports fans!

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%.

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