The Magical Founding Team Mix For Web Startups. Startup evolution – from idea to IPO in 10 really hard steps. What To Look For In A Co-Founder - The Netsetter. Like many things in life, starting a business is a lot harder to do by yourself. In fact, not only is it harder, frankly it’s a lot less fun. The Web Startup Surgeons. Ask HN: What is the best way to promote your new fancy web application? You could write a book on this.
Heck, I probably should - I've done it a few times :) A short list (but by no means anywhere near complete!) : - Find as many blogs in your niche as possible. Pitch them properly (a lot could be written on that point alone) DON'T JUST GO FOR THE BIG ONES! - Use your social network.. you've been building one up, right? - Stumbleupon advertising (if appropriate, 5 cents a visitor) . - Find places where users of competing applications gather (forums, Google Groups, etc) and work your way into their attention zone.
The Cost of Bootstrapping Your App: The Figures Behind DropSend (part one) What does it actually cost?
When we built DropSend, it was our first enterprise level web app and I had no way to predict how much it would cost to build. Frustratingly, no one would share their figures with me either. So we had to learn the hard way. Yuck. In order to help you avoid this pain, I’m going to walk you through, step-by-step, the costs involved in building an enterprise web app, on a budget. What’s the big deal? Why is it only recently that small companies (Carson Systems is only two full time employees and a set of 3 part-time freelancers) are able to build large scale web apps?
Broadband is widespread so your potential audience is larger Average people are comfortable with web apps (Gmail, Online banking, etc) Hardware is dirt cheap Open source platforms are virtually free Definition of the terms. The Era of the Entrepreneur! Without VCs many start-ups wouldn’t have a chance. Unfortunately with VCs many entrepreneurs also don’t have a chance. There will always be a power struggle between investors and entrepreneurs.
Sure, they have a common goal: make the company successful. But unfortunately they also have a goal that is completely opposed to each others goals: they both want to make as much money as possible. If that means screwing each other out of some, so be it. Last week Scott Rafer wrote a guest post with his ideas on the current economic crisis and what it means for entrepreneurs. “Instead, the Valley is delivering grimy voyeurism from ‘A-list bloggers’ or transient opportunism from VCs seeking to negotiate better inside deals with their portfolio companies over the next six months.” Yep, what that says is that there is screwing to be done and if you are an entrepreneur there is a good chance that some venture capitalist has his cross hairs aimed at your ass. Starting an Internet Business? Bring on a Developer as a Co-Founder.
Startup Essentials. Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, and since that time Oracle's hardware and software engineers have worked side-by-side to build fully integrated systems and optimized solutions designed to achieve performance levels that are unmatched in the industry.
Early examples include the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8, and the first Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, both introduced in late 2010. During 2011, Oracle introduced the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, a general-purpose, engineered system with Oracle Solaris that delivered record-breaking performance on a series of enterprise benchmarks. Oracle's SPARC-based systems are some of the most scalable, reliable, and secure products available today. Sun's prized software portfolio has continued to develop as well, with new releases of Oracle Solaris, MySQL, and the recent introduction of Java 7. Oracle invests in innovation by designing hardware and software systems that are engineered to work together. How to Recruit a Developer Entrepreneur for Your Startup.
If you're trying to grow your startup you've come to the right place.
Get my 170-page ebook on how to grow a startup and join thousands of self-funded entrepreneurs by subscribing to my newsletter at right. Lately I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about internet startups and entrepreneurial software developers (or as I like to call them, “developer entrepreneurs”). And lo and behold, no sooner did I sit down to write about it than I received an email with my “prompt” for this post. It went something like this: For several years I have been refining a business idea to be conceived as an Internet startup. If you’re a non-technical founder looking for a developer entrepreneur, these are questions you should ask yourself. Code, Marketing and Money – Pick Two If you take nothing else away from this post, remember this: There are three components to bringing a web startup to market: code, marketing and money.
Often, if you have one of the three you can find someone willing to partner with you. Scaling early stage startups at No VC Required.