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by dshah 18y ago
I have no idea if this is or isn't better/smaller/faster -- but, the branding seems awfully flawed. Why hinder your growth by making it hard for people to remember and refer to you?
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by dshah 18y ago
Any Turbo Pascal folks remember OWL (Object Windows Library)? This was the first OOP framework I was exposed to.
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by dshah 18y ago
What's unfortunate is that these particular experiences repeat themselves so often. Like most technical founders, I don't like selling stuff (I'm much rather crank out code), but as it turns out, that's an awfully important thing to do.
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Microsoft's SideSight: Something Apple Should Watch(pcmag.com)
1 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 18y ago
I'd pick WordPress. Sure, static files might scale better, but handling traffic is not usually the problem for most people. Getting traffic is.
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Top 10 Ways Not to Spend $12 Million on Marketing(blog.hubspot.com)
1 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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Software Startups: How to Sell to Enterprise in a Recession(cloudave.com)
3 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 18y ago
Not sure I agree that the whole point of VC is to raise VC funding. The whole point of YC is to get connected with some great people and build something people want.
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by dshah 18y ago
My startup ( http://www.HubSpot.com ) started off self-funded but is now venture-funded ($17 million in two rounds of funding).
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Three good reasons you should use Amazon Web Services, and one bad(petewarden.typepad.com)
4 points by dshah 18y ago|2 comments
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by dshah 18y ago
Great advice. I think the $10MM number for needed "cash in the bank" seems a bit high. I think this is better looked at as a "months of runway" number (which he also refers to). I'd say that you should either be extremely cash-efficient (
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by dshah 18y ago
Great article, but it's talking more about the long-term than the short-term. In the long-term, the removal of a "false economy" is great. In the short-term, there are an awful lot of entrepreneurs that are a wee bit dependent on that fals
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Evil Apple(nedbatchelder.com)
3 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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Alexis Ohanian at Business of Software 2008(network.businessofsoftware.org)
5 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 18y ago
What I find interesting is how many people independently arrived upon this "put logic in markup" approach to building customizable web applications. Allaire had a fair amount of success with this with ColdFusion.
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by dshah 18y ago
Great points made as to why angel investors seem to favor consumer Internet. As an angel investor myself, I'd add one more reason why: Consumer internet is just a lot more fun than enterprise software. Who wants to talk about enterprise in
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Windows 7 on a Diet - Thank Goodness(mashable.com)
1 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 18y ago
One of those rare cases where the title actually loses a bit as a result of the missing ! at the end. Should be: "Entrepreneurs and...Hey, There's A Shiny New Thing!"
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by dshah 18y ago
I would eliminate this one because when spoken, it is unclear whether it's funwrapped or funrapped.
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by dshah 18y ago
I was a bit surprised by this because I would have expected there to be lesser and lesser "stand-alone applications" (desktop applications) being developed amd more web applications. For web application development, I'd expect PHP/RoR to ha
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Startup Programming Jobs: C++, C#, and Java Reign Supreme?(tonywright.com)
16 points by dshah 18y ago|12 comments
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by dshah 18y ago
Congrats, and good luck. I've known many people that have taken this leap. I don't know of a single person that regrets the decision.
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by dshah 18y ago
The genesis of my startup, HubSpot, was the positive impact that blogging could have on a small business. Today, blogging is a critical component of our inbound marketing efforts. That's how many of our potential customers hear about us, a
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by dshah 18y ago
Sorry about that. Does sound a little diggified. Didn't realize that when I was writing it. Your variation would have likely done better on digg though. :)
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by dshah 18y ago
I agree with the notable graphic part, but I don't think it has to be a bald-head.
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by dshah 18y ago
If there were a public market for predictions, I'd short-sell this one. Not saying it couldn't happen, but the odds are highly against it.
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by dshah 18y ago
+1 for Nutch. We're using it at my startup HubSpot and it has worked well for us.
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by dshah 18y ago
Not only is the book great, Steve Krug is an all around nice guy and fun to listen to. Just heard him speak yesterday at the Business of Software conference. If you ever get a chance to hear him in person, I'd take it.
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by dshah 18y ago
WordPress is a short, pointless project?
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by dshah 18y ago
I disagree on one point: I don't think startups are that much more risky than more "established" companies these days. Established companies seem to fail or downsize reasonably frequently these days. The real question is if/when this happ

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