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Deployment Monoculture
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Summary
In this talk from RubyFringe, Dan Grigsby talks about trying out many different ideas before turning one into a startup.
Bio
Dan is the founder of Merchant Planet, an early e-commerce provider ultimately acquired by Microsoft. Then he was the founder and initial developer of payMe.com, a successful early-days competitor to PayPal. Lately, he's been working with startups and as a turn around CTO.
About the conference
RubyFringe is an avant-garde conference for developers that are excited about emerging Ruby projects and technologies. They're mounting a unique and eccentric gathering of the people and projects that are driving things forward in our community.
Sep 13, 2008
Community comments
Fascinating
by Dr Nic Williams,
Re: Fascinating
by Roman Heinrich,
Re: Fascinating
by Roman Heinrich,
Re: Fascinating
by Dan Grigsby,
Fascinating
by Dr Nic Williams,
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I think this was the most interesting 30 minutes of my day/week.
Re: Fascinating
by Roman Heinrich,
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Yea, right! Really a fun talk! What is the name of the book Dan talks about on 28:30 min.?
Re: Fascinating
by Roman Heinrich,
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Figured the name out, it's "Fast Food Nation".
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by Dan Grigsby,
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Roman: Glad you enjoyed the talk! The book was probably "Reefer Madness." Same author as "Fast Food Nation."