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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

During the two days of the show, one of their programmers sat in on my speech about building better customer service automation; I had an hour-long chat with the CEO and another of the founders; and their PR manager stopped by our booth for a 15-minute briefing about what we do. They are actively hiring Perl programmers. on a hosted basis.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

I'm working with a PR/Communications gurus who is trying to focus me on a name, that when you hear it, it tells people what it is you are doing. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Brad Friedman This post is extremely helpful and timely, as I am in the midst of struggling to come up with a name for a startup.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

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. Posted by: Dave | September 10, 2007 7:44 AM Hey Peter.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

But this is just the kindthat tends to be open source: operating systems, programminglanguages, editors, and so on. But its hard to raise money with an IP cloud over your head, becauseinvestors cant judge how serious it is. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history. Dont do what we did.

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How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

You may have existing code lying around from earlier projects, or be able to use open-source components or libraries to make your life easier. However, this will impact the value of your IP. Every startup needs PR, but this is even more true of flips. Build your product on top of existing blocks. Create Buzz.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

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