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Re:Ask HN: Would a .Net back-end put off potential acquisitors? by JoeAltmaier on Sunday August 10, 2014 @10:09AM (#8159743)
Still salary is paid out over time. Tools cost up-front. In a lean startup that could sink you?
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Re:Ask HN: Would a .Net back-end put off potential acquisitors? by bnjs on Thursday August 14, 2014 @03:52PM (#8179487)
>lean startup

You mean a bootstrapped startup?

http://steveblank.com/2009/11/02/lean-startups-aren%E2%80%99... http://practicetrumpstheory.com/2010/03/bootstrapping-a-lean...

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Re:Ask HN: Would a .Net back-end put off potential acquisitors? by plorkyeran on Sunday August 10, 2014 @11:33PM (#8161813)
The tools are free for a few years via BizSpark. A lot of companies find the bill at the end of the BizSpark period pretty painful, but you should usually at least be out of lean startup mode by then.
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