YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

P.S. Three types of external providers are not mentioned because they are well known: open-source software stacks, domain name (DNS) providers, and marketing/social networking sites. Pager Duty – Rotating list of people “on duty: to get alerts on software failures, escalation policies.

Technology 251

Technology EC2 Mobile Startup 251

Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

The moon landing drove the creation of software, the integrated circuit and the microchip, it led to the development of CAT scans, it advanced wireless technology, solar panels, fireproof materials, satellites, GPS navigation, laptops, virtual and augmented reality, even the ‘gorilla glass’ on smart phones to name a few.

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Software Review Government Algorithm 67

VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

Open metaverse: these are the decentralized platforms built on crypto, such as Manticore Games, Sandbox or Decentraland and many others. Crypto gaming can become the biggest onboarding platform to the crypto world and open up that world. An interesting case is Minecraft. Picture: nftculture.com.

Startup 187

Startup Community Social Network Portfolio 187

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.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

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. What's also fueling this growth in collaborative software is the slow death of the big corporation.

Web 149

Web Curation Open Source Demand 149

VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Ironsource – Software Discovery, Distribution and Delivery Platform (Raised $123M). Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Jfrog – Binary Repository Solution and Software Distribution Social Platform (Raised $62M).

Software Review 60

Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. He has also been an outspoken advocate for the power of collaboration and open-source software. Thanks to Tiffany Payne, Replace Your Docs ! #9-

Artificial Inteligence 76

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 76

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

By then the open-source movement had really developed. We were able to use an open source database (Postgres), open source search (Lucene) and a host of other free components including Apache Tomcat, JBoss. When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. Think about it.

Cloud 343

Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic 343

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. 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.

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. to help bloggers and blog readers with comments.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. Jobs Welcome to Mashable!

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Nearly two years ago, executives at Gigya , which has provided online social tools to ABC, Pepsi, and Verizon, noticed a dramatic shift in how people found their clients sites. More people were landing via social networks. Activity on social networks has increased significantly in the last 12 to 18 months.

Search 60

Search Boston San Francisco Cloud 60

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. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. One of the hotter companies lately in the mobile social networking is FourSquare, which raised $1.35

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I was more open to it becoming a real company, but I never really expected it to be a real company from the beginning. We were on an immersion trip to Silicon Valley, and we said, “Let’s find a way to leverage [a previous open source project],” and we decided to build something around that. Prince: Business History.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? Google purchaed travel industry software company ITA Software for $700 million in July 2010. ITA Software. ITA Software.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Providing a legitimate alternative: A user resorting to using ad-blocking software cannot be blamed – most often he simply has no other choice. How do we do this?

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Social networks have their own switching costs. That cost creates inertia that keeps users on an existing network and slows the growth of new ones. Network effects. Software adoption.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to?

San Francisco 99

San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

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.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Social networking. Social/Sharing. High Quality, and open sourced! Mantis (Open source). Nagios (open source). Panda (Open source). Seed Startups.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

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Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! More Stories in Apps & Software. Open Source Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. Print Story.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. 9 Digital Ways to Become a Social Good Hero in 2012. Open Source Lists.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Open Source Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Thanks to Apples iOS and Googles open source Android OS, smartphone and tablet apps have enjoyed a period of astounding success over the past few years. social media. social networks. social networking. If it can be done on the Web, build it for the Web; if it can’t, build an app." POPULAR TAGS.

HTML 69

HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic 69

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Open Source Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. Moms and Family Resource Lists. Money and Finance Lists.

API 68

API Cloud Web Social Media 68

blog.socaltech.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

My conclusion: if you’re a software engineer, with good technical background and ability, you can pretty much write your own ticket in Southern California. and even bigger, architecture-level talent (particularly software architects who know how to scale a web based service or software). Why do I say that?

Southern California 40

Southern California California EC2 Software Engineering 40

www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You can certainly find open-source alternatives for less, but while other tools can challenge BaseCamps functionality, they cant touch its UI. Its worth mentioning that software development firms or other startups with very detailed project milestones and dependencies may find BaseCamp insufficient for some situations.

Startup 53

Startup Wiki RSS Software Developers 53

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc. Government releases open source code – [link]. The recession and the Web design industry – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 20, 2016

For example, if Etsy open-sourced their entire stack, would that make it easy for a competitor to overtake Etsy? Now that Facebook has open-sourced their entire data center infrastructure, does that make it easy for a competitor to overtake Facebook as a social network?

Open Source 120

Open Source API Framework Salary 120