Chris Maresca
In the past year, I’ve worked with a lot of startups and the one recurring thing I notice is the amount of time people spend worrying about basic infrastructure. So, here’s my roundup of the stuff I’ve used, recommended and would use again for my next project:
Chris Maresca
As part of some brainstorming I was doing with a friend raising a new fund, the concept of future trend themes came up. It’s not new, Brad Feld has a whole blog post about this. However, it got me thinking about the way I look at the future and what themes I see.
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I have a technology question. While I have been in software for 10+ years, my programming skills have left me. I am looking to build a working prototype of a web site idea I have. A core component is to pass registration data collected on my site, to multiple existing sites (essentially a SSO process for registration as well as login). The second part would be to populate my site with catalogue data from the multiple sites I registered the user for. Could someone recommend any automation, canned scripts, widgets etc. to expedite this prototype process? I cannot afford to pay a developer at this stage. Thanks for the help.
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David Teten
by David Teten, Partner at ff Venture Capital
Twitter’s security meltdown has done a fantastic job of publicizing how vulnerable a modern, cloud-based company can be to adetermined hacker.
David Teten
by David Teten, Partner at ff Venture Capital
Over the last year, I periodically would hear from clients and friends at some of the large investment banks that they could not view my website. Given the amount of “adult” content on this site is zero, I was surprised and annoyed by this. The site is not a very good marketing tool if potential clients can’t see it.
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My startup is making a rich media website. What’s the best platform to use, Javascript, HTML 5 or Flash/Flex? Flash can’t work on the iPhone, right? Is it still the best choice? My site includes video, music and gaming elements. – Diana
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What’s the best analytics service (funnels, cohort analysis, et cetera) for apps?
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What’s the best way to go about designing and prototyping a web-based product?
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Is it advantageous to build a custom CMS (Content Management System) for my company’s new microstock audio site or should we utilize an open source CMS solution like Drupal or Joomla?
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I have a startup, and we’re using a number of open source software packages, including WordPress, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, etc. The list is pretty long. In general, what issues should I be aware of when using open source software?
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