Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. The cost for the domain name is maybe $10/year, and the hosting starts around $50/year. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Start simple. Download free website tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. The cost for the domain name is maybe $10/year, and the hosting starts around $50/year. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Start simple. Look for simple and free tools.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? Or Software as a Service for the enterprise, such as Salesforce? Leveraging network effects. Network effects are the phenomenon whereby a good or service becomes more valuable when more people use it, so there is a relentless focus on building as large a network as possible.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Plus, after work, Icehouse frequently hosts social and cultural events. At night, Caroline Collective turns into an event space with an outdoor gated lot that’s perfect for hosting parties, movies, and even concerts. Co+Hoots is host to plenty of cool events, including TEDtalks Tuesdays, Coffee+Code, and Food Truck Fridays.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

They then asked their network who needed help with interior design – and made the connection, processing payment themselves. In short, you can act, look, and smell like a fully automated online company that employs a posse of software developers and an in-house graphic designer.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Step 5: Get your web hosting server. You will never know when you will need help.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

That is the very month that Facebook became the largest social network, outpacing MySpace. Github is a web based hosting service for software development projects that use Git, a revision control system. The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2014

Because video content is also tagged with keywords and ranks in Google search, you can use a video-hosting site such as YouTube to track interaction. Takeaway : Video content is also easy to share via social networks, and software developers have prioritized video integration in site creation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Fake Site - you can have what looks to be a real site, even take "orders" but not actually have anything able to run it.

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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. The main causes are: Client fails to precisely express their requirements to the vendor; Client continuously changes their mind during the development process; A poorly constructed development contract.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Blogging tools, video hosting services, image hosting services and the like, all make this a very accessible place to start up. Between the long traditions of forum and chat software and the rapidly growing areas of social networking services, you can build a significant community online without much in the way of hardcore development.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Its worth mentioning that software development firms or other startups with very detailed project milestones and dependencies may find BaseCamp insufficient for some situations. When it comes to financial software, it makes sense to follow the leader. Its also free, and offered and supported by almost every hosting company.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The traditional method of product development, known as the waterfall model , the design and creation of a product follows a very liner, and sequential process. Though the waterfall model is specifically to software development, it’s core principles resonate beyond software and into startups across the board.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Easy Projects.NET – Project collaboration software that offers both a downloadable option and a hosted version. CollectiveX – Create free group sites for collaboration and networking.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. UK Startups can receive an *almost free* ticket by registering on this page.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

We might be a ways away from the reality of a Chief Engineer or Product Director role commonly in software development, but ultimately it's going to be a matter of getting the culture right so that people stick around long enough to develop not only the tactical skills, but also the honed instincts and senses.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense. Technical Expenses A few of these apply only to companies that build software, but most apply across the board. Decent hosting with decent support will run $20/month. Thanks #3 Matt Youell on 01.08.09

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Ex: theyre primarily a back-end programmer, who can code basic front-end specs, and who can administer cloud hosting. 3] Non-technical cofounder has significant connections or experience -10%: Connections include: relationships with key people in the companys target market, social network connections, blog readership, etc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Our CTO is the CEO himself, but he lacks the understanding of the new software development processes and the new technologies. In school I was being pounded day and night with anything that has to do with agile software development. In this group, I am the only technical guru with very little industry experience.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Spend 20% of your time building a network of advisors that can help you. I don’t know of an opensource or hosted version of Kickstarter.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Big things, like obscuring the networking stack under so many countless layers of abstraction that it’s virtually impossible to even imagine what bytes are actually going over the wire.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MAY 26, 2012

We convened at the Artisphere in Arlington, VA and really had a fascinating discussion surrounding the JOBS Act, 3D printing, low cost software development and other factors supporting the democratization of innovation. I wonder what will happen when the ties to these networks weaken? Connected devices over wifi, cell networks.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Since then its scope has become ever broader. This year, TEDWomen focuses on the question: How are women and girls reshaping the future?

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Since then its scope has become ever broader. This year, TEDWomen focuses on the question: How are women and girls reshaping the future?

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Many good freelancers are very busy right now and can be found through networking with friends or linked in. Either that or theyre really bad.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

That something can be dry cleaning services, invoicing software , hosted salesforce automation , or a blueprint for how to launch a software product on your own …what matters is finding a group of people who need your something more than they need the money you’re charging for it. 5 Stephane Grenier on 09.23.09

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