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Bootstrapping Start-ups

Posted by michael on from the he-travels-the-fastest-who-travels-alone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "How many of us wanted to follow our dream and start our own start-up? How many of us thought that it can't be done due to costs, the need of big bucks and convincing some snotty VC? Well it didn't stop these guys. The most current success story is social networking software Huminity which has been on /. before. The recipe for their success was: open source, clustering $100/mo servers, using the web to find native translators instead of using over priced local ones and hiring GUI designers from popular skins download sites."

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  1. And now... by BMonger · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... their bandwidth costs have forced them to close down.

  2. Re:Only problem... by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone have a good suggestion for raising capital without forfeiting the rights to one's intellectual property?

    I believe the typical strategy is to run up your credit cards, mortgage your house, and borrow from relatives.

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  3. Re:Drugs! by the_mad_poster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most mid-level pot/coke dealers aren't nearly as tough as they seem, they aren't going to go more than 500 miles out of their way to recoup under $5,000.

    I can't help but think that there's really only one way to learn this sort of thing...

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