As a computer science student whose other passion is touching lives, I've always found it hard to bridge the gap between my skillset and bringing about social change. Other disciplines such as architecture, mech / enviro engineering, teaching appear more helpful. But small non-profits like Refugees United and WorldReader have interesting "business" models that center around computer technology....
What are the advantages and disadvantages of backing my website with CouchDB? CouchDB and other document-oriented databases have been touted as databases of the web in the future, but I've hardly seen (or know of) websites powered by it.
That's a gem right there.
In the words of Sun Tzu, "If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles."
....and got away with it?
As a budding entrepreneur in Asia, I find myself questioning, contextualizing, and even ignoring popular startup advice. Am I the odd apple or have you also ignored popular advice to your benefit?
http://blog.wtf.sg/2010/08/30/how-to-stay-awake-in-class/
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Now I do a lot of algorithmic analysis and design but see my research work as too difficult to commercialize. Ironically, my current startup idea doesn't have academic research behind it as a competitive advantage... It's just a service that I know people want.
The Craft of Research (Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams)
On Writing Well (Zig Ziglar)
Do you think this principle holds true most of the time? In your experience have there barriers that nullify it? I'm interested to hear from all of you. =]
I have a web app that I would like to commercialize at some point in the future. What should I look out for in payment gateway providers?
Where did it come from, what was it, and how did it turn out?
I have done web apps before but only in the classroom so I've not dealt with real customers and heavy database loads. Now I am working on my first serious web app for my startup which provides each customer with their own unique subdomain.I understand that I will have to learn on to go but I would like to avoid the dreaded database bottlenecks I hear about as much as possible. To this end, what...
I've heard startup speakers frequently suggest that budding entrepreneurs learn to fail quickly and cheaply. I'm in my first web startup, trying to develop and roll out an Internet web service but getting the technology to work for me seems to be taking much longer than I hoped it would.Has anyone had similar experiences? I understand there may not be shortcuts around my situation but I'll...