crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 4 Reasons PR Agencies Are Failing in Social Media – [link]. Government releases open source code – [link]. Showcase Of Web Design In The Netherlands – [link]. Very cool – U.S.

Social Media 91

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. A brief history: 35 years of open source software – [link]. A Collection of New Poster Tutorials in Photoshop – [link]. Everything is a Remix: [link]. 35 hand based logo designs – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

UI Design Patterns: Open Source Design Pattern Library – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Logo Design: Flowers, Plants and Trees – [link]. Advanced Wordpress Comment Styles and Tricks – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

UI Design Patterns: Open Source Design Pattern Library – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Logo Design: Flowers, Plants and Trees – [link]. Advanced Wordpress Comment Styles and Tricks – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2011

Google Web Fonts: hundreds free, open-source fonts optimized for Web – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Google Web Fonts: hundreds free, open-source fonts optimized for Web – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 25+ Epic Web Design In Cloud Based Software Apps – [link]. The Meme Hustler | by Evgeny Morozov (long & critical of Tim O’Reilly; good history of open source software) – [link].

Social Media 92

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The Case For Open-Source Design: Can Design By Committee Work? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. (nice infographic) – [link]. iCandies Icon Set: 60 Free Icons For Your User Interfaces and Apps – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. million in venture financing.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The top 10 open source web fonts - [link]. The top 10 open source web fonts - [link]. Seven Guidelines For Designing High-Performance Mobile User Experiences - [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Nice work from Facebook on HipHop (open sourced today) – [link]. Fresh Uses Of Creative Backgrounds In Website Design – [link]. 18 Useful Wordpress Contact Form Plugins - [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Almost certainly accounting is a support service and should be outsourced (unless, perhaps, you’re selling accounting software and you need to eat your own dogfood!). PR/Marketing.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. This analysis on Facebook open sourcing data center/hardware seems to miss the point – [link]. A Crash Course in Typography: Principles for Combining Typefaces – [link]. Who are we?

Social Media 91

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. The net result was powerful: within six months of starting the company, we were able to get a basic version of our product into open beta.

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Rice University And OpenStax Announce First Open-Source Textbooks – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Some May Not Actually Visit – [link]. Those Millions On Facebook? They Actually Visit, And It’s Not A Huge Deal Anyway.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Topics to follow Linkedin 3,485 followers Follow Startups 4,390 followers Follow Infographics 1,858 follower Follow For more Startups coverage Follow Mashable Startups Become a fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Startups channel Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad More Stories in Startups Goodsie Lets Anyone Create A Custom Online (..)

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San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. As with the late 90′s the answer is “Yes. Yes, there is unprecedented innovation.

Churn Rate 309

Churn Rate IPO Open Source PR 309

Transformify

APRIL 19, 2018

In the past, I have written about how important networking can be for your chances of finding a job as a software developer. The reason I know this is because I run an online training program for remote software developers , and I’ve been helping our students hack their way to get their first remote job for a while now.

Reputation 66

Reputation Software Open Source Portfolio 66

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 10, 2012

Source Sans Pro: Adobe’s first open source font family – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. A New Collection of Retro Fonts – [link]. 30 Sets of Free High Quality Lined Paper Texture – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Software companies had to buy specialized computers and license expensive software. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product. Lessons Learned.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. Software security does, in general, suck. For example, Redmine — an open source developer productivity tool — is commonly installed at individual companies.

Security 101

Security Software Review Ruby Startup 101

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

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

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

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. 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. Some of the things you mention I have done.

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have published many of these PR Tips before. I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. During high school & college I had worked in a computer store selling, configuring and implementing software & hardware. She was paid 15% more. ” F**k.

Marketing 385

Marketing Europe Engineer Networking 385

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I wanted to work in the pure, intellectual world of software, not deal with customers mundane problems. Some believe only businesspeople can do this-- that hackers can implement software, but not design it. But it turned outthey didnt like us, because our software was easy to use and we hostedthe site. Thats nonsense.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Good of Netflix to open source its cloud failure testing tool, Chaos Monkey – [link]. Five Different Ways of Shading in Adobe Illustrator – [link]. Our minds play strange tricks on us – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. Next Generation Business Models Because a number of smart entrepreneurs realized the importance of lowering CAC, they created new business models such as Open Source, SaaS, Freemium, etc.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

In the case of Blindtype, the software was mostly based on AI and required no frontend. 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. Every startup needs PR, but this is even more true of flips. Create Buzz.

Lean 144

Lean Startup Agile Coder 144

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure. Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don‚Äôt rely on it (more on this later). Award contract - Negotiate a software development contract.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology.

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Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. The blog software thinks Im spam, so if you want to find us, go to "build a sandcastle dot com" Sherlie Matthews (2010-06-19) # I need desperate help in revamping my website, self-built many years ago with Dreamweaver. Click on my name for the link.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

The company eventually closed, and in 2007 I started PeerTV with two other guys as a spin-off, offering client-server software open platform for IPTV. Yair Margolin: Php, MySql (built for scalability on servers) and open source (you can add any API very quickly abd it’s also cheap). Is it big enough?

Aggregator 84

Aggregator Caching PHP 84

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

It had no PR agency. I left ESL and the black world for a career in startups; semiconductors, supercomputers, consumer electronics, video games and enterprise software. ESL had no marketing people. It shunned publicity. As for me, after a few years I decided that into was time to turn swords into plowshares. I never looked back.

Silicon Valley 270

Silicon Valley RSS California Washington 270

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2015

How Open-Source Software Will Speed Up Rebuilding Nepal’s Historic Sites crowdspring.co/1KSJWFW. America’s Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure crowdspring.co/1A6cziB. Chimps Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/…. Marie Kondo tidys up crowdspring.co/1EadvO3. 1Glme7q.

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Nepal 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There’s an uglier side to all this business that is making it hard for a lot of folks to get psyched by articles like this anymore, even though its right on the money… Joe Johnson Is software the only kind of startup that is interesting to anyone anymore? For software products, guess what execution entails. bystander 1.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84