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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. But I loved reading them and so did my team. Defensibility in Software. His Tenure at Microsoft.

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Car Door Slam Or Spare Tire? Should Startups Build For Buyers Or Users?

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In the early 2000’s, SaaS was a nascent concept and most companies were reticent to rent software. In addition to not understanding the pricing model, most of the techies who controlled the purchasing decision believed that software that resided outside of their firewalls was not secure. Car Door Slam Features.

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Interview with Bong Koh, LifeCrowd

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Andy Wen was the CTO of Christianity.com, and the CTO of early online education firm VCampus, and he also ran the product and web security for eTrade, as well as started a company called Lighthound deals, like a Groupon. My brother is in charge of the development team, and is very focused on development and coding.

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