Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. So how can I justify doing seed investments?

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

These are Java (from Sun),NET (from Microsoft), and three Open Source options: PHP, Python and Ruby. Its a powerful object oriented language, and is effectively Open Source. Java can be used in both Microsoft or Open Source environments. PHP is a widely-used Open Source web scripting language.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The middle managers we talked to at catalog companies saw the Web not as an opportunity, but assomething that meant more work for them. But this is just the kindthat tends to be open source: operating systems, programminglanguages, editors, and so on. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels."

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I feel like I am winning the race because my paycheck from day job comes in every 2weeks and I am making money from my side projects. Maybe you can be the project manager and team up with someone else who is a prgrammer. Don’t use all your resources (time, energy and money) only to find that the product is a dud.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84