tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234981975568888732011-11-21T20:57:19.743-08:00Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523498197556888873.post-38631061492476852682009-03-22T07:50:00.000-07:002009-03-22T08:03:55.358-07:00Tim O'Thingy pointed out <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/lean-startup.html">this article</a> on running a startup in a recession. It would be a useful focus of discussion for those wishing to start any business activity, so Python people might be interested in it. Or not.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/523498197556888873-3863106149247685268?l=pythontv.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523498197556888873.post-24196454595563647182009-02-12T04:00:00.000-08:002009-02-12T06:26:48.785-08:00I just saw Mark Cuban's <a href="http://blogmaverick.com/2009/02/09/the-mark-cuban-stimulus-plan-open-source-funding/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Open Source Funding</span></a> blog post (as many interesting ideas do, this one came my way via <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/">Seth Godin</a>). If anyone in the Python world is looking to fund new ideas then this might be worth looking at, given that they will already have a predisposition to open source anyway. So here's an idea for a PyCon session.<br /><br />Get together in an Open Space room with a few like-minded individuals and see if you can't come up with a plan for a real cash-generating business. As far as I can see from the first 684 responses there's still a lot of room for real business plans. If you need cash this would be a good way to get it, and who knows - you might find a way of getting the business off the ground without cash, thereby avoiding the need to hand over a chunk of your business to Cuban!<br /><br />If you are looking for a way to start a new business it's hard to think of a better pool of Python talent than the one that congregates at PyCon every year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/523498197556888873-2419645459556364718?l=pythontv.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.com0