I have signed on to work on a project a good friend of mine has started to create an application for the iPhone with, if needed (we hope), matching applications for Mac and Windows desktops. Without getting into particulars, the project is to create a subscription-based, client-server pair that displays interactive materials for a variet...
I am fresh blackberry application developer i want to create some new and creative blackberry application which can be used in enterprise application but i don't have a clear idea about how to start and which idea i can take and proceed.if u have any idea about how to start and create a new application? and from where we can know about e...
I'm 34 years old. Have I any chance to became a good programmer and to start a career as a software developer if this is new for me? ...
There was a question about hosting for django on SO, but I am looking for free one, to experiment with my first "startup" :) There is only one free on http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoFriendlyWebHosts , but it couldn't be profitable (http://www.ambitiouslemon.com/). My app eventually will be, I hope! :) Do you know any easy to ...
It's commonly agreed that successful software development is as much about teamwork and communication as it is about individual programming expertise. Given this, one might assume that by operating a geographically distributed team you are at an immediate disadvantage to a tight-knit team all working locally. When my startup company wa...
I am looking for specific examples of vibrant, acquirable (or acquired) tech concerns, especially startups, that chose to build on the Microsoft stack and either succeeded or appear likely to. Writely is an obvious example, as is NewsGator, PageFlakes, and StackOverflow itself. I don't mean this to be a language debate. I hope the que...
Hello, Friend of mine just established own coding company. They wanted create professional application written in .NET. Now he on the stage buying software. We have discussed what VS version is absolutely minimum for this purposes. There are lot of different version Professional / Team Suite / Team Developer ... I wonder what you re...
Hello we have an investor that is willing to invest in an extensive prototype. The problem is that he said that he is willing to invest only what sounds like a 'reasonalbe budget'. This is a high tech startup and we've reached a 300,000$ budget for half a year of development including employees and taxes and equipment rental and an accou...
Startups often prefer to leverage 3rd party web services for features that are not central to the service they are providing. I would like to assemble a categorized list of these services and am hoping the SO community can help. For instance: Get Satisfaction User Voice MailChimp Campaign Monitor GitHub Codaset It would be nice to c...
Hi I need to develop a remote access too so that our support staff can take control of users' devices and fix problems. I'm not sure where to start. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Thanks ...
I'm part of a startup that builds a product that might be acquired by Google. We can choose to build the product using many different types of technology. Which technologies are most Google friendly? I would love to have a list of use / don't use pairs. Like this: Use html5 Don't use silverlight Use Linux Don't use Windows etc. ...
every coder have a dream to see it's baby see the light and become a framework or even better a brand. So where do we find an information such as : The bad and Good of Facebook Facebook compare with others or any case study report on particular start-ups ...
What is a fair commission to pay a software development creative team? We are a start up and have a team in mind to develop our site, who will lease to us their software, and evolve with us for a percentage. They are asking for what we feel is a high percentage, and off the top prior to the company, company expenses, taxes, employees, e...
I'm about to embark on a web startup project involving e-commerce. (somewhat similar to eBay). I've decided to use PHP as the programming language. Is it recommended to use any PHP framework like CakePHP or Zend with MySQL database for this kind of project? Doing it from scratch can cause much pain and it will be time consuming. Wh...
Hello all, I was just reading this article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/klout-raises-1-5-million-to-measure-influence-and-authority-on-twitter/ And got a question, how can a web company like that (klout) that delivers its service for free and its api for free can make money? Just curious, probably all the money don't come just fro...
I've been doing some research on things we need to do during the process of setting up a startup company, and reading through "The Web Startup Success Guide". Where are good places to get information about venture capital funds, and other possible sources of raising funds such as grants or other sources? ...
beloved s.o. (lowercase intended; indented, and, subsequently dedented), I have a long-term project in mind, and when it's done I will definitely show it to you. In the mean-time, as the title suggests, I will be attempting (nay, succeeding! think positively, right?!) at creating an internet-based company. Essentially, I hope to utili...