Tools we use for running our startup

Re:Tools we use for running our startup by balsamiq on Friday October 30, 2009 @05:13PM (#912802)

Good question, let me try to answer. I'm doing this out of memory so some might be wrong: - DropBox is $99 a year for 50Gig - we get Confluence hosted for free because we're a successful Atlassian plugin developer - I forget how much Last.fm is but I think it's very cheap, plus the free version is plenty good enough - I think we're paying about $250/month for Slicehost right now - a SkypeIn number is $60/year I think - we're spending $34/month for Freshbooks - we're spending $49/month for GetSatisfaction because we signed up at the very beginning (they had an offer) - E-Junkie is $10/month - Paypal pro is $30/month (I think) - Spreedly is $19/month

That's pretty much it! What does it add up to? In general, I can tell you that it's a very small percentage of our expenses (salaries is where our $$ goes)...in a way we can't afford NOT to use these tools.

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Re:Tools we use for running our startup by davidw on Saturday October 31, 2009 @05:44AM (#913416)

Depending on what you're doing, you can definitely save money and get similar service with Linode:

http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/11/24/slicehost-vs-linode

Basically, with Slicehost, you are paying to have 64 bit pointers - without that, the price difference isn't that big.

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Re:Tools we use for running our startup by anApple on Saturday October 31, 2009 @01:17PM (#913750)

Never change a running system!

I would never change my hosting company if I would be fully satisfied and I would only be saving 100$ a month.

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