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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. In fact, the Ponemon Institute reported that 61% of breaches hit small to medium-sized businesses last year, in part due to many of these growing companies underestimating or downplaying the risk of cyber security threats. Regularly update device software.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. I'd approached Advanced Millennium Technologies, to develop our ERP software, last September.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

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? Are there exceptions in the open source world? But I don’t buy it.

Open Source

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Work Less, Get More Done, Convenient Open Source, What a Startup.

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Making Open Source Convenient: JumpBox – A startup focused on making it dead-simple to get started with open source applications, they create virtual machines completely pre-configured to just start and go (including versions that runs on Amazon EC2). Know Thy Audience – And look at creative funding sources.

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Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One.

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

The Startup Success Podcast – After the demise of The Micro-ISV Show, Bob Walsh is back discussing issues affecting software startups. Open Source, For-Profit Startups – “FairSoftware is the place to start and grow your online business. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. There were several great presentations during the conference.

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8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Many people have a presumption that it is difficult to start an online business due to lack of money. Having cPanel, a web hosting management software is crucial since it is a lot easier to manage your files, emails and databases. Open source software or clone script is also available.

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Twitter Link Roundup #235 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 67 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Applications | Datamation – crowdspring.co/1yevQN7.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. A consulting CTO is an expert on the current state of the technology and can suggest the most appropriate development platform for your business. Ask developers if they’ve been involved with a previous web startup and what their role was in the startup.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A better approach is to focus on your strengths and from there determine the method(s) that will work best to differentiate yourself from every other the freelance developers around the world. I increased by rate nearly 30% in 3 months due to the amount of work coming my way. And that’s the position you want to be in.

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Twitter Link Roundup #37 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Government releases open source code – [link]. Showcase Of Web Design In The Netherlands – [link]. Practical thoughts about presenting and powerpoint from Seth – [link].

Social Media

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Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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].

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Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,” Things I Learned the Hard Way.

Software By Rob

JULY 31, 2009

Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. The Funniest Amazon Reviews Ever – 1,255 of them.

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Twitter Link Roundup #119 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. 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].

Social Media

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Twitter Link Roundup #34 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

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]. wangle addresses each of MSNBC’s 13 negative iPad review comments – [link]. 2010 edition)&# – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #34 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

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]. wangle addresses each of MSNBC’s 13 negative iPad review comments – [link]. 2010 edition)&# – [link].

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Twitter Link Roundup #173 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Four Ways to Market Like a Startup | Brian Gregg and Vivian Weng-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link]. .” 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #53 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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]. Guess What? – [link].

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Hear me on the Startup Success Podcast

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 28, 2009

October 28th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews , Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. You can download the MP3 here. P.S. I did a written interview a few weeks ago for LocationIndependent.com.

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The cloud landscape described, categorized, and compared

www.theenterprisearchitect.eu

MARCH 26, 2014

Most people there knew the difference between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and therefore knew exactly what a PaaS company did, right? Contents: Layer 1: the software-defined datacenter. Layer 3: deploying code. Software Defined Datacenterâ??

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Twitter Link Roundup #82 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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]. Why Every Designer Should Have a Portfolio – [link]. Vintage Label Designs – [link].

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? The highlight of the day was that I finally had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror and Stack Overflow. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Lesser Known Traits of Successful Founders

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Or from selling your application to open-sourcing it? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Think about it this way: if your market asked for it, would you be willing to switch from a web app to an iPhone app? Or from iPhone to desktop?

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Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time, Car Insurance by the Mile.

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One Laptop Per Child 2008, and $19 Usability Testing WordPress Headaches with Closing HTML Tag – Any Ideas?

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

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!).

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No, wait, I'm sorry, the real question is: What are you going to do when there are four totally free, open-source competitors? During a lull in her practice she got a serendipitous opportunity to shift gears completely and ended up leading software product development teams. Now Adriana has an epiphany?:

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. The article and HN are concerned with software.

Stealth

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Literally, it means that the attacker can choose to have your server execute any code they can dream up.

Security

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The Software Product Myth

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! Most developers start as salaried employees, slogging through code and loving it because they never imagined a job could be challenging, educational, and downright fun.

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A Brief Intro to Domain Driven Design

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The term Domain-Driven Design was originally coined by Eric Evans in his book, “Domain Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software” which came out in 2004, so this isn’t a new concept. At its heart, DDD outlines an approach to software development with a set of principals and tools.

Design

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Re/code – crowdspring.co/1hYEli4. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 10 Code Playgrounds for Developers – crowdspring.co/1jB2aSC. 38 Free Open Source CSS Dropdown Navigation Menus | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/RHLTj6.

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface. Unrealistic expectations – No, I can’t build a Facebook clone in a week.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To get FDA clearance, Apple reportedly submitted two studies to the FDA (so far none of the data has been published or peer reviewed). Its purpose is to make sure that drugs, devices, diagnostics, and software products don’t harm thousands or even millions of people so the FDA wants a process to make sure they get it right.

China

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

is an AI-powered log analysis platform that offers the open source ELK Stack as an enterprise-grade cloud service with machine learning technology. Provides real-time access to data insights based on the collaborative knowledge of system administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers throughout the world.

Artificial Inteligence

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Building a sweat equity team

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

(Not logged on) | Register | Log On Home Discuss Jobs About The Business of Software A community discussing the business of software, from the smallest shareware operation to Microsoft. A part of Joel on Software. This community works best when people use their real names. Please register for a free account.

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Twitter Link Roundup #36 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Breaking Down And Reviewing Important Blog Design Elements – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Book Review: Rework (a fresh perspective on business by @jasonfried & @dhh of @37signals ) – [link]. Very cool – U.S.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

Software Review

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270+ Tools for Running a Business Online

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.

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Taking Vendor Management to the Next Level

Transformify

JULY 14, 2022

When you choose some software provider, services or tools to buy, you want to know what is “under the hood”, is it a proven technology, is it a sustainable, scalable and modern software solution? In this article, we unveil some points about our software development approaches. Transformify Open API.

Management

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD.

Securities and Exchange Commission

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

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer.

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Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Product leaders often believe it’s cheaper to buy software than build it. You don’t need a large development team or outside capital to build your own software from scratch. Gartner forecasts enterprise software spending will total almost $572 billion worldwide by 2022. Say you decide to build software in-house.

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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

Trending Sources

How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Work Less, Get More Done, Convenient Open Source, What a Startup.

Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One.

Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Twitter Link Roundup #235 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Twitter Link Roundup #37 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,” Things I Learned the Hard Way.

Twitter Link Roundup #119 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #34 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

Twitter Link Roundup #34 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

Hazards of Hiring

Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

Twitter Link Roundup #173 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Twitter Link Roundup #53 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Hear me on the Startup Success Podcast

The cloud landscape described, categorized, and compared

Twitter Link Roundup #82 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

Lesser Known Traits of Successful Founders

Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time, Car Insurance by the Mile.

@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Real Unfair Advantages

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

The Software Product Myth

A Brief Intro to Domain Driven Design

Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

Building a sweat equity team

Twitter Link Roundup #36 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

270+ Tools for Running a Business Online

Taking Vendor Management to the Next Level

Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

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

Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

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