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greg_holsclaw

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About greg_holsclaw

A PHP/MySQL/Drupal/jQuery hacker with a formal mathematics/actuarial degree. Spare cycles used to contemplate how to make money from hacks, not just to write more code.

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    Comment #1756138

    Thanks I have used all of my morning on this one post reading these. Should be distilled into the 25 five things not to do with your start-up.

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    Comment #1698884

    User based growth, I would say no, the valley doesn't help grow that base is not tech focused. But word of mouth exposure, and the possibility of doing face to faces with potential…

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    Comment #1698834

    It is tough acquiring a short (under 8 letter) meaningful domain name now. I am curious to know how much it cost just to buy that domain. Sometimes you can make a nonsensical name …

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    Comment #1695863

    I agree. Creative and brilliant ideas can come at anytime, but putting in the work to get those ideas to market, or to polish them off until presentable to outsiders is where the d…

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    Comment #1695841

    Too much cash infused into a new or developing start-up can actually destroy the incentives needed for the start-up to be successful. Not needing to budget well and prioritize feat…

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    Comment #1695718

    Hmmm, I was trying to think how you can do such a thing on a smaller scale. You must have enough people in one geographic area to pull this off. So either you are launching in only…

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    Comment #1695678

    I echo a commenter on the article: Code Complete 2. Read it all, use it all.

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    Comment #1695661

    Looks like the freemium model for web hosting/construction. I have to agree with some other comments stating the staring templates are needed. People new to site construction will …

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    Comment #1693394

    Yep, we should all be crafting personal projects that double as severely frugal boot strapped startups of one. :)

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    Comment #1692278

    Maybe programmers nudged out of the process is a feature not a bug. People who self select out of a hard hiring process may meet not Google's criteria for certain attributes they w…

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    Comment #1692175

    The costs associated with starting an LLC vary from state to state, but usually side jobs don't rise to level of needing liability insurance. If your side project is big enough to …

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    Comment #1691983

    With new companies like crowdflower.com and cloudcrowd.com making large pushs into this space, along with ODesk.com and similar competition, I see picking the right solution as par…

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    Comment #1691929

    I have a 15" (1680x1050) laptop with a 24" (1920x1200) second monitor. KVM switched to my Mac as well. This setup is great. I have background tasks on the laptop screen (email, sys…