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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? At a salaried job making $80k plus benefits your time is worth around $55/hour.

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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. Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer. It’s an *freaking open source*.net The list goes on and on.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

Instead of being able to justify a somewhat fixed salaried workday, you find yourself working longer and longer hours as client demands increase. In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. Mental energy that can’t be spent launching your product.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. View more jobs » Daniel Stoica Awesome Post! "Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B. 10 Fresh Blogger Templates for Any Ap.

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

PHP Tutorials. Otherwise, you will have to offer actual compensation (read salary) in addition to corporate shares. If you don’t have the money to provide even a reduced salary up-front, find investors. Salaries/Bonuses. Graphic Design Theory. Photoshop Tutorials. Typography Tutorials. User Interface. Developers.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

You also need to be sure you’re offering fair benefits and salary. 10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters View More » Apple Apple Launches Online Store in China 5 Fun iPhone Accessories for Kids Apple Now Offers Free iPad Engraving Steve Jobs: iPad Mute Switch Wont Do. 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

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BizMe2 is Looking to Disrupt Conferences with Turnkey Solution (Interview)

VC Cafe

Me and my partner, Boaz Yehuda, worked without a salary. and our brilliant developers worked without a salary (for options). Yair Margolin: Php, MySql (built for scalability on servers) and open source (you can add any API very quickly abd it’s also cheap). VC Cafe: Can you tell me a bit more about the team?