I started a startup about a year ago, and I have as TF Article says: 1. started with good people 2. made something customers actually want 3. spent as little money as possible
But the missing step before profit is marketing and sales, which is not easy for engineers. I'd like to see a good guide on marketing and sales for a startup since we can't afford to spend a fortune on advertising.
I had the same problem of debian stable being too stale, testing not including security updates, and unstable changing too much. I started a company http://opensensesolutions.com/ and we sell linux machines that use a frozen repository of debian testing with key security updates and bug fixes added on. Everything is designed for a select subset of hardware to make testing manageable.
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I started a startup about a year ago, and I have as TF Article says:
1. started with good people
2. made something customers actually want
3. spent as little money as possible
But the missing step before profit is marketing and sales, which is not easy for engineers. I'd like to see a good guide on marketing and sales for a startup since we can't afford to spend a fortune on advertising.
I had the same problem of debian stable being too stale, testing not including security updates, and unstable changing too much. I started a company http://opensensesolutions.com/ and we sell linux machines that use a frozen repository of debian testing with key security updates and bug fixes added on. Everything is designed for a select subset of hardware to make testing manageable.