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Excellent Showing at 59 Days of Code Startup Competition

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I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. The Categories There were two categories: zero-code and in progress. Zero-code meant you had to start with…um, zero code on day 1. June 23rd, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup?

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

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That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. But within 24 hours we were off and running, discussing a potential acquisition.

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Memorable Postcard from a New Mechanic | Software by Rob

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Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? We just moved to Fresno, CA and I’m looking for a new mechanic.

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Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound.

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Digital Products → Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 Cool News, Links & Reviews If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Makes Fresno Web Design look like something out of 37Signals. “Front-End Developer&# Resume – Awesome. at 4:07 pm [.]

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

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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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Why Focusing on Traffic Can Kill Your Startup

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I’ve been reading Joel on Software for eight years and I’ve been a paying user of FogBugz for nearly four. If you can do this dinner is on me when you come to Fresno. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Great post. #5 at 7:32 am [.]