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Slides from my presentation to the Atlanta Cloud Computing Group. You really needed to be there to understand some of them ;)
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How the cloud is changing Startups and everyday developers
March 2011 Cloud Computing Atlanta Meetup
Chris Curtin
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
Get your Google Domain First
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
Stealth mode is stupid
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
You don’t need a lot of upfront capital for equipment/hosting
Use the free versions of IaaS/PaaS to get started
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
Website and UI are more critical today
Investors know you aren’t spending all your money on
hosting or building the backend!
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
Don’t give away Equity to the technology guys
But, expect to pay them to build first version
Bring them onboard once you have a few clients
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
Try to build it yourselfKnow any basic HTML?
Groovy/Grails, Ruby/Rails is pretty straightforward to
learn
Non-programming Entrepreneurs
Why? Because your first version is going to be wrong. Deal with it.
Also, don’t assume you are building the next Facebook
K.I.S.S
Programming Entrepreneurs
See previous slides
Programming Entrepreneurs
Security is a big deal
All the ‘usual’ concerns plus several new ones
Programming Entrepreneurs
Build it and show it off as quickly as possible
‘It isn’t ready yet’ is B.S. (assuming it does SOMETHING)
Programming Entrepreneurs
Expect (and encourage) Business/Product people to
iterate fast
Programming Entrepreneurs
Don’t expect Equity initially
But don’t work for free either
Programming Non-Entrepreneurs
Not everyone can/wants to take the risk
So become an ISV
Programming Non-Entrepreneurs
Learn the technologies
Offer services to your friends/contacts who aren’t in
IT/Development
Programming Non-Entrepreneurs
Ask them what problem they want solved that is ‘too small’ for IT to
tackle?
Be flexible in payment terms, but expect 1099
Programming Non-Entrepreneurs
Most of the skills needed you already have
Just learn how to use them in the Cloud IaaS/PaaS world
Programming Non-Entrepreneurs
Want to learn something new?
MobileTabletsMobile
General Business
What are your company’s rules for ISVs, contractors?
What are the compliance risks (not process risks, compliance = HIPPA,
SARBOX etc.)?
General Business
Any tactical projects you could get done in a Cloud w/o compliance
issues?
What has IT said is ‘too small’ for them but you need?
General Business
Learn what “Cloud” really means so you don’t get ripped off
Discussions should be around business issues/processes, not technology!
Ask for IT’s help in determining scope and cost
Corporate IT
Deal with it!Embrace it!
Corporate IT
Build a list of approved vendors
Build a list of compliance concerns and process to confirm they are
being addressed
Corporate IT
Come down hard on those who don’t use your vendors or follow your rules
Compliance is one of the biggest challenges to the Cloud
Blue Sky
What are some problems you could address if you
had more hardware?