Category Archives: Thoughts
The Cost Of A Startup
Once a month, on the second Friday of most months, a CTO networking group that I belong to meets. Each meeting starts with a speaker – speaker in the loose term because it is not a fixed format – and … Continue reading
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Downtime
A couple of weeks ago there was a blog post at TechCrunch (www.techcrunch.com) regarding web sites experiencing downtime as well as infrastructure companies experiencing failures in their operations. Obviously, the first take was on the revenue loss that each one … Continue reading
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In The Pursuit Of Art
Recently I have gone bonkers with photography. What I mean by recently is the last couple of weeks. I have been bonkers about photography for a very long time. The last two week however, have been extra bonkers. I have … Continue reading
Filed under Personal, Technology, Thoughts
The March To Profitability
What makes a startup successful? Getting to profitability and keeping it there. At least that is my opinion. But why is it so important to get to profitability? It gives you choices. Basically, you can decide what to do and … Continue reading
The Power Of Estimating A Project Specially On A Startup
Startups are interesting “beasts”. I should know, I have a few under my belt. I worked on my own startups, for which I had a hard time funding thus they never really went anywhere, and since I was the only … Continue reading
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Real Estate Is Going The Way Of The Internet
I am a lucky man. There are many reasons I am a lucky man: my wife, my kids and my friends. I do not have (or want) many friends, but the ones I have are the best. One of them … Continue reading
Three Guys In A Garage Creating The New Hype
Recently there was a post in TechCrunch regarding Facebook’s hype. One comment to the post was that Facebook was already passe and “the new hype was being already developed by three guys in somebody’s garage”. I recently wrote an post … Continue reading
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To Blog Or Not To Blog
A few months ago I started to blog. This is my second go at it and it is going far better. The first time around the focus was on personal thoughts and, in a way, documenting some of the things … Continue reading
Building Scalable Web Systems
Over the years I have either participated and/or was the main person in architecting large scalable web based solutions. In many cases I also built them, but in the last few years, I have directed the implementation and execution. There … Continue reading
Filed under Technology, Thoughts
