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  1. What is an SSL Certificate?

    If you're in the process of building nearly any kind of product, you're going to have to buy an SSL certificate for your website or your API. Even if you're...

  2. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #011 – Chris Heivly of The Startup Factory and MapQuest

    Chris Heivly was the co-founder of MapQuest, the company that brought mapping into the modern era in the 1990s. He's the co-founder of a startup incubator in Raleigh-Durham, NC called...

  3. How Does Data Get Stored in a Database?

    This question came up in my private Slack channel the other day. We had a great conversation amongst the companies involved, and I'm sharing the highlights here. For the purposes...

  4. Notes from Rusty Rueff – An HR Master

    I had the privilege a while back of sitting through a presentation from Rusty Rueff, who is one of the best-known experts on human resources in Silicon Valley. He talked...

  5. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #010 – Aidan Cunniffe, CEO of Dropsource

    Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher! Aidan Cunniffe is the CEO of Dropsource. Imagine if you could design and configure your application, generate all of the required code for iOS and...

  6. Why Sprints?

    Why Sprints? There was a time when sprints mattered, or more precisely, where you had to break work up into logical groupings. The reason was that a team needed visibility...

  7. June’s Must-Haves

    Each month I’m going to provide a list of resources (podcasts, talks, blog posts, books, music etc.) that I consider to be must-haves. There’s no doubt that you’ll see recurring...

  8. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #009 – Ben Wiant

    My guest for this episode is Ben Wiant, Business Development Manager for Kelaca. Ben's day job is recruiting for his clients, but to call Ben a recruiter doesn't really do...

  9. Monolith vs. Micro-Services – What?

    When you're first starting out building your product, your developers are going to have a choice to make about how to build the application. There are (generally) two ways that...

  10. Assumption is the Mother of All F**kups

    How many assumptions are baked into the idea you're working on? In other words, how many things have to go right for you to be right? In my experience, almost...

  11. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #008 – Jessica Mitsch

    Jessica Mitsch is the Executive Director of Code Schools for The Iron Yard, one of the most successful programming boot camps in the world. She's been with The Iron Yard...

  12. Time Kills All Deals – Using the OODA Loop to Move Quickly

    Time kills all deals - David Morken, CEO of Bandwidth The quote above I first heard from David a long time ago when I was at Bandwidth trying to hang...

  13. Technical Co-Founder vs. CTO – What’s the Difference?

    There's a big difference between hiring a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) and finding a technical co-founder for your company. Since almost every technology business has this problem, it's worth exploring...

  14. How to Do Customer Interviews Right

    It's not often that I see someone at the top of their game, but it happened this week. I was working on due diligence for the venture firm I work...

  15. Starting Your Business: LLC vs. Corporation

    This is a follow up to a guest post by my good friend Jesse Jones on Three Legal Mistakes that Can Sink Your Company. I got a number of responses...

  16. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #007 – Gret Glyer, Founder of DonorSee

    My guest for this show is Gret Glyer, founder of Donorsee. DonorSee is a new app that connects donors and fundraisers using the power of story and feedback to make...

  17. Putting Skin in the Game

    "I'm got an idea for a new product. Do you know what investors I should talk to?" I always enjoy hearing about new ideas that people are working on, and...

  18. Building a Digital Assembly Line with Continuous Delivery

    Imagine if you walked into the Tesla factory and saw all of the welding being done by humans. You'd probably wonder what in the world was going on, and you'd...

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