August 29, 2011
George Taylor McKnight: Lollapalooza's First Mashup Contest: How To Change Free Data Into A $50k Return

gtmcknight:

Lollapalooza’s HackLolla was the first time a top tier festival took a chance to embrace the developer community and see what happened. The results are stunning.

I created this chart to show the criteria I chose for evaluating the entries. There were 15 apps completed over the 50 day contest…

June 25, 2011
June 2, 2011

How to put a VC in the hot seat

rajibedi:

Investors should sit in the hot seat, too. Who you decide to take an investment from can have a huge impact on the future success, or failure, of your company. When the ball is in your court, dribble, don’t pass right away. Ask these 10 questions to a VC and some of them will feel the burn. 

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May 30, 2011
Raw Syntax: Importance of Side Projects

rawsyntax:

Side projects are important for a few reasons. Programming is a creative process. Side projects allow programming without deadlines or restraints. Side projects allow programming in an exploratory way.

(Source: rawsyntax)

May 20, 2011

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