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Blue Gecko is an 11 Year Old Remote Database Administration Startup (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the you-no-longer-need-to-be-in-silicon-valley-to-start-a-tech-company dept.

A company that has been going since 2001 is not exactly a startup, but Blue Gecko co-founder Sarah Novotny says that maintaining a startup mindset has helped her company keep going this long, with no end in sight. If you are thinking about starting an IT business (either now or in the future), especially one you hope will have remote clients and possibly a far-flung workforce, you should listen carefully to what Sarah has to say.

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  1. Label the adverts. by SuricouRaven · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Might want to disable comments too, or sponsors will get annoyed at all the people insulting them.

    1. Re:Label the adverts. by crazyjj · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Try posting an ad over at 4chan sometime. At least /. will just make fun of you.

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  2. Get Used To This? by TheNinjaroach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So should I get used to seeing ads like this as an everyday occurrence on Slashdot? Taco must have known something was up.

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    1. Re:Get Used To This? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Agreed, what is wrong with this site.
      Have been a member for 10 years or at least as long as I can remember. For the past year I haven't even bothered to log in or making any meaningful discussion.

      Next time I see an infomercial like this, I'm spamming my own company site on at least 20 post. Just for the fun of it.

    2. Re:Get Used To This? by water-and-sewer · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Ya. I've been reading Slashdot for about 12 years now, but it's increasingly clear this site is headed the route of "PCWorld" with articles that provide nothing but adspace. Increasingly, these "ask Slashdot" things are looking like corporate research too.

      Not sure how much they sold us out for, but I hope it was worth it. This place is starting to smell funky.

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  3. zomg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An ad plays before the ad plays....

  4. seriously adobe flash ? 11 years is pathetic... by johnjones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    how about oh I don't know starting of with HTML5 and then failing back to flash...

    the article was interesting to find out how they even think they are a startup...

    but nope adobe flash required...

    get someone with a clue about video or offload it to vimeo/youtube/brightcove

    thanks

  5. Re:On the other hand by Tharsman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was thinking: does anyone knows what "startup mode" means? Because on every place I gone, it means "we force people to work insane hours, and work like slaves and for little money in exchange of worthless stock options that may never be worth anything but they think may make them rich if we manage to sell the company out."

    In other words "startup mode" after eleven years, extremely bad thing!!!

  6. Very sad day by nakedman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been reading Slashdot on a daily basis since 1999, and so this is a very sad day for me as it's become clear that Slashot is no longer worth being a part of my regular browsing cycle.

    These types of "stories" are so blatant that it's an insult to the "nerds" that have made Slashdot what it is today. Maybe they will be successful in generating a little extra revenue in the short-term, but it's being done at a cost that will eventually ruin the site.

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