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The Rebuilding and Scaling of YellowPages.com
John Straw, chief software architect at YellowPages.com, gave an excellent talk at RailsConf about YellowPages' conversion to Rails. John's talk covered the scaling issues, but the talk was just as much about the process of successfully doing a big rewrite of a critical application at a large company. continue...
Startup Camp and Foo Camp
I feel lucky to have been able to attend last week's Startup Camp and Foo Camp. These are unusual, invitation-only events, with extraordinary collections of people. Getting an invitation requires some mix of accomplishment, connections, and luck. continue...
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Face to face: Social networking can't substitute for meeting in person
Commentary on the 2008 All Things Digital conference.
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One of year's best entrepreneurial social events
Review of All Things Digital conference in 2008.
- Web Apps 101: Your Three Point Success Plan
- How to price your web application
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The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
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- 2008 Web 2.0 & Technology Conference Calendar
An excellent list of web-related conferences.
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- Freelancers on Rails
Discussion group for freelance Rails developers. Focuses on client and business issues. - Seeed
- GoBig Network: Community for Startups and Investors
FAQs & Resource Lists (2)
- The Landing Page Design Toolbox: 100 Tools, Tips and Resources
- Best of Google Tools & Tips for Internet Marketing Resource Center
Great list of tools for analyzing and optimizing your site's search engine rankings, and for learning more about how search engines see your site and how people search for it.
Presentation Video (3)
- Startup School - HackerTV
Highlights from Paul Graham's Startup School, including David Lawee, Google; Sam Altman, Loopt; Jack Sheridan, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Paul Graham. - DHH Talk - Startup School 2008 - HackerTV
David Heinemeier Hansson's talk at Paul Graham's Startup School. This talk is about business strategy, not Ruby on Rails. - Marc Andreessen Q&A at Startup School - HackerTV
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- Openads ad server: take control of your advertising
- GoogleRankings.com Website Diagnostics : Google optimization help
A free online tool that helps you find any issues with your site that may be reducing its Google search ranking.
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- TheFunded.com: The Resource for Entrepreneurs.
