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Amazon P/E ratio 3x that of Apple and Google
Original EnglishBut, I think the rules are different for "the enterprise." many of the large enterprises I've worked for ended up paying many times over what …
How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups?
Original EnglishI kind of agree with the old idea that you deduct $1M off the valuation for each MBA a startup has on board.
Review our startup: Instantly create a blog theme that matches your website
Original EnglishBut I think combining this with WordPress hosting would make for a killer unique selling angle for non-tech savvy folks that need to setup a …
Domain Driven Design When Surrounded by Legacy Development (2013) [pdf]
Original Englishthe database is the heart and soul of the business, and it is far easier to work at that level of abstraction rather than trying …
Startup Copycats: You’re Doing it Wrong.
Original EnglishWe spent $250 on marketing and after around 6 months it made more than I made from my other company with almost no work (30-60 …
Kalzumeus Podcast 3: Growing Consulting Practices, with Brennan Dunn
Original Englishour business, so I generally don't charge for travel if I have to drive less than 3 hours - otherwise I end up being "paid" …
BlueGreenDeployment (2010)
Original Englishafter I have to admit that fortunately 99% of our deployment are not about database changes so this "need to do it carefully" only happen …
Redis Sentinel properties and fail scenarios
Original Englishbut we've frequently had to re-populate the Redis store from our source of truth due to bugs or hardware outage / network partition scenarios which …
Ask HN: How do you stay afloat in the subscription economy?
Original EnglishI pay whatever it costs to own 5 domain names and a digitalocean droplet.