Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. We had lamp shades on our heads, tequila in our glasses, loud music and perhaps too much sand, and burning men, and art exhibits and tres commas. I find it funny when people try to blame VCs or LPs or CEOs as though anybody could choose to control a market.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Even the most conservative companies began adopting the open-source LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) to dynamically create and maintain their websites. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. That said, Amazon – through AWS – even without strong competition is as wonderful an experience as Amazon the eCommerce retailer feels to you as an online shopper. Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. I could definitely see that happening. I told Sean Rad at Ad.ly

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Despite the growing competition, Philips Hue light bulbs are still the kings of all smart, Wi-Fi enabled light bulbs. Set a lamp color to indicate today’s temperature. These color-changing wonders will literally transform your home, and all you need to do is screw in a light bulb. Have your lights: Change to blue when it rains outside.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). Don’t obsess over your competition because most times competition will implode on their own, pivot in a different direction, or you’ll learn to coexist. Patience is also important for market and customers.

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