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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. Ruby specialists.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

MITX : Non-profit trade association hosting many events focused on digital marketing and internet business. Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Raizlabs – Mobile Development. Intrepid – Mobile development. Jana – Mobile Marketing (Backed by Spark).

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. Ruby specialists.

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5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups

blog.adaptiveblue.com

Even a seemingly simple task of writing a system script might not be the best use of development time. System programming is very different from application development and is not straightforward. Conclusion Increasingly, the infrastructure for software startup is becoming less of a challenge. Startups!!!

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

blog.expensify.com

But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet. Microsoft has always produced the best tools for building internal business applications, and.NET is their masterpiece. Joel Martinez.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. And probably youre no marketing expert and salesman, either. And dont forget: youre no programmer.