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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower

Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators has a list of questions any good development team would ask. References: The company should willingly provide references. Or is your project a clean slate? How do they handle hosting and support?

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Framework Benchmarks Round 22

TechEmpower

Renowned as one of the leading projects of its kind, it benchmarks the peak performance of server-side web application frameworks and platforms, primarily using tests contributed by the community. btw: xitca-web (bench code not including dependencies) does not do 2,3,5 and still remains competitive in micro bench can be used as a reference.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? What should you blog about?

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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An Entrepreneur Platform To Put You Above the Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. If these are not complete and consistent, your platform will always be splintered and lost in the noise.

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Start With a Business Blog as Your Website

Startup Professionals Musings

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Anchor blog in your domain name.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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So when they spoke about character development, repeatable gaming experiences, bringing games to multiple platforms (in the industry we call this “ Transmedia “) and physical products my ears naturally perked up. We met in August (so much for VCs taking the Summer off!) and had several phone conversations after that.

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