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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

——— If you’re an experienced coder and user interface designer you think nothing is easier than diving into Ruby on Rails , Nodes.js to host your company name, email, calendar, etc. For coders: set up a web host. For non-coders: Make a quick prototype in PowerPoint, or. JustinMind , Balsamiq ).

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The Last Coder

This is going to be BIG.

If anything has held true about the progress of technology over the last 150 years, it is that one generation's bread and butter tasks become automated and the skill level requirement for participating successfully in the workforce is forced up.

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Vibe Coding: Fast, Powerful — But Not Flawless

VC Cafe

Democratising Development Tools : Startups can create tools that make software creation accessible to a much broader audience, including non-coders, low-coders, technical product managers, and analysts. Examples include Lovable.dev, Bolt and Base44, which focus on user-friendly interfaces for app building via prompts.

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The Code is your Enemy

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

But this also produces a natural weakness , and when I look at what made me a successful entrepreneur — not just a great coder — it’s that I acknowledged and overcame that weakness. The weakness is your love of creation. You love to write clean, tested, scalable, extensible, beautiful code.

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Come Check Out a Very Important LA Tech Event on June 1st

Both Sides of the Table

Developer mentors and judges from AT&T, i.am.angel, Google, Scopely, CGI, Factual, and ESRI and the City and County of LA will support coders during the weekend. Not a coder? Teams can choose to respond to local or national data challenges, or work on their own projects that incorporate civic data and community impact objectives.

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More Coders. More Diversity.

Feld Thoughts

Apprentices earn a living salary on their first day, and we as a tech community can support a program that puts more coders in the market with a keen eye toward diversity and opportunity while getting work completed. The post More Coders. Reach out to Heather if you’d like more information. More Diversity.

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. A lifestyle entrepreneur is living the life they love, works for no one but themselves, while pursuing their personal passion. Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family.