Showing posts with label bootstrapping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bootstrapping. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
The Teachable Full-time Creator Masterclass 2019
- By Vasudev Ram - Online Python training / SQL training / Linux training
Hi, readers,
As I said a few days ago in this post:
Great Teachable offer coming in a few days ...
, here are the details for the Teachable Full-time Creator Masterclass 2019.
It will go on from 14th to 21st January 2019.
What’s the Full-time Creator masterclass?
The Full-time Creator is a free, 4-part masterclass that Teachable is hosting over the course of a week - consisting of 4 jam-packed video trainings that will be dripped out over 7 days. The ideal audience for this event includes creators (think: bloggers, coaches, experts, authors, consultants, influencers, hobbyists, offline trainers, etc.) who want to create a profitable online course, using the knowledge they already have. After the week-long masterclass, they'll be offered an opportunity to buy Teachable's service — and when they do they'll receive $4K+ in valuable bonuses for free.
After the week-long masterclass, you will be invited to sign up for Teachable.
Sign up for the Teachable Full-time Creator Masterclass 2019 here.
P.S. Although I've already been a trainer (both offline and online) for some years now, I plan to attend this Masterclass myself. I'm sure I'll pick up some useful tips that will help in my training work.
See you there.
- Vasudev.
- Vasudev Ram - Online Python training and consulting
I conduct online courses on Python programming, Unix / Linux commands and shell scripting and SQL programming and database design, with course material and personal coaching sessions.
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Sunday, January 6, 2019
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
IndieConference.com, a list of indie events
By Vasudev Ram
Tinker image attribution
Saw this site, IndieConference.com, today. It is by Kohan Ikin, an indie software developer and entrepreneur in Australia. Interesting idea. You can sign up there for the mailing list to know about new indie conferences:
IndieConference
"A list of conferences for indies: software developers, freelancers, bootstrappers, bloggers, nomads, creatives, makers & more."
Excerpt from the site:
[ Indies are generally self-employed, run their own small / microbusiness, are bootstrapped, and distribute their creations independently. These are the conferences for anyone who doesn't have a boss, is non-conformist and unconventional, and lives outside the mainstream. If that sounds like you, these are the conferences for you. ]
The image at the top of the post is of a tinker from Wikipedia. From that page: "A tinker or tinkerer was originally an itinerant tinsmith, who mended household utensils."
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Tinker image attribution
Saw this site, IndieConference.com, today. It is by Kohan Ikin, an indie software developer and entrepreneur in Australia. Interesting idea. You can sign up there for the mailing list to know about new indie conferences:
IndieConference
"A list of conferences for indies: software developers, freelancers, bootstrappers, bloggers, nomads, creatives, makers & more."
Excerpt from the site:
[ Indies are generally self-employed, run their own small / microbusiness, are bootstrapped, and distribute their creations independently. These are the conferences for anyone who doesn't have a boss, is non-conformist and unconventional, and lives outside the mainstream. If that sounds like you, these are the conferences for you. ]
The image at the top of the post is of a tinker from Wikipedia. From that page: "A tinker or tinkerer was originally an itinerant tinsmith, who mended household utensils."
- Vasudev Ram - Online Python training and consulting Get updates (via Gumroad) on my forthcoming apps and content. Jump to posts: Python * DLang * xtopdf Subscribe to my blog by email My ActiveState Code recipesFollow me on: LinkedIn * Twitter Managed WordPress Hosting by FlyWheel
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Blistering Barnacles! [1] A lobste.rs-like site for bootstrappers
By Vasudev Ram
[1] That was a reference to Captain Haddock from the Tintin comics, for those who didn't know.
http://barnacl.es is a new discussion site for bootstrappers. It uses the http://lobste.rs codebase (which is open source, and in Rails) with some modifications. I signed up for the site, after seeing it mentioned on lobste.rs. I've been on lobste.rs for a while, but had not used the site much. Checking it out more often nowadays. Likely will do the same with barnacl.es, since the signal-to-noise ratio on both are high (is so on lobste.rs, likely to be so on barnacl.es, to be precise [2] - as Thomson and Thompson might say).
Both lobste.rs and barnacl.es have some differences from sites like HN. Instead of describing those, I'll let readers check them out - it'll be more fun and complete that way :)
[2] From Tintin comics again.
Here are a couple of posts from barnacl.es, with some comments:
Ask BN: Which chat widget provider do you use/recommend for online visitors?
List of tools for bootstrappers
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[1] That was a reference to Captain Haddock from the Tintin comics, for those who didn't know.
http://barnacl.es is a new discussion site for bootstrappers. It uses the http://lobste.rs codebase (which is open source, and in Rails) with some modifications. I signed up for the site, after seeing it mentioned on lobste.rs. I've been on lobste.rs for a while, but had not used the site much. Checking it out more often nowadays. Likely will do the same with barnacl.es, since the signal-to-noise ratio on both are high (is so on lobste.rs, likely to be so on barnacl.es, to be precise [2] - as Thomson and Thompson might say).
Both lobste.rs and barnacl.es have some differences from sites like HN. Instead of describing those, I'll let readers check them out - it'll be more fun and complete that way :)
[2] From Tintin comics again.
Here are a couple of posts from barnacl.es, with some comments:
Ask BN: Which chat widget provider do you use/recommend for online visitors?
List of tools for bootstrappers
- Vasudev Ram - Online Python training and consulting Signup to hear about my new courses and products. My Python posts Subscribe to my blog by email My ActiveState recipes
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Video: Rails creator DHH interview by Jason Calacanis on This Week in Startups
By Vasudev Ram
Saw this video via a Disqus comment:
Video: Rails creator DHH interviewed by Jason Calacanis on This Week in Startups
Started watching, seems interesting. Might want to skip some of the start where a show viewer calls in, to get to the main story.
At some part it is like the interviewee is interviewing the interviewer. Video also embedded below.
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Saw this video via a Disqus comment:
Video: Rails creator DHH interviewed by Jason Calacanis on This Week in Startups
Started watching, seems interesting. Might want to skip some of the start where a show viewer calls in, to get to the main story.
At some part it is like the interviewee is interviewing the interviewer. Video also embedded below.
- Vasudev Ram - Online Python training and programming Signup to hear about new products and services I create. Posts about Python Posts about xtopdf My ActiveState recipes
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Digital nomad lifestyle on the rise
By Vasudev Ram
[ Rider in Mongolia ]
Over the last several months, and even up to a year or more ago, I've been coming across many articles and blog posts on the Net that talk about digital nomads and their lifestyles. Many of them run their own businesses - or work on bootstrapping their startups - via the Internet (and phone / fax, etc.), from different world locations that they travel to, and stay at.
I've done it some myself in the past - traveling to various places, and spending some time in each, while running my consulting and training business.
It's an interesting approach to work, and has some pros and cons, which also depends partly on what line of work you are in, what kind of clients you have, the infrastructure in the places you go to, etc.
[ Romani wagon in Germany ]
Here's an article I just recently read about the digital nomad lifestyle:
How I built a startup while traveling to 20 countries
If you do a web search for digital nomad(s), you'll find a lot of articles.
Here's a post I wrote a while ago about Teleport, a startup that calls itself a 'search engine for digital nomads.':
Teleport, new Andreessen Horowitz startup
Speaking of nomads, as a kid, I had read this novel which is about a gypsy's life:
Lavengro (on Wikipedia)
From the Wikipedia article:
"Lavengro was included in the Oxford University Press World's Classics series in 1904, and in Everyman's Library in 1906.[10]"
You can download it or read it here on Project Gutenberg:
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow
Shoon thimble-engro;
Avella gorgio.
- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises
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[ Rider in Mongolia ]
Over the last several months, and even up to a year or more ago, I've been coming across many articles and blog posts on the Net that talk about digital nomads and their lifestyles. Many of them run their own businesses - or work on bootstrapping their startups - via the Internet (and phone / fax, etc.), from different world locations that they travel to, and stay at.
I've done it some myself in the past - traveling to various places, and spending some time in each, while running my consulting and training business.
It's an interesting approach to work, and has some pros and cons, which also depends partly on what line of work you are in, what kind of clients you have, the infrastructure in the places you go to, etc.
[ Romani wagon in Germany ]
Here's an article I just recently read about the digital nomad lifestyle:
How I built a startup while traveling to 20 countries
If you do a web search for digital nomad(s), you'll find a lot of articles.
Here's a post I wrote a while ago about Teleport, a startup that calls itself a 'search engine for digital nomads.':
Teleport, new Andreessen Horowitz startup
Speaking of nomads, as a kid, I had read this novel which is about a gypsy's life:
Lavengro (on Wikipedia)
From the Wikipedia article:
"Lavengro was included in the Oxford University Press World's Classics series in 1904, and in Everyman's Library in 1906.[10]"
You can download it or read it here on Project Gutenberg:
Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow
Shoon thimble-engro;
Avella gorgio.
- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Good HN thread on scaling a web app to 10K users
By Vasudev Ram
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Saw this today on Hacker News:
What does it take to run a web app with 5K – 10K users?
I read the thread. Found that it had a number of good comments, on both sides of the equation - the business side, i.e. acquiring, retaining and supporting users, and the technical side, i.e. scaling the hardware and software to manage the load on the app. Many of the people who commented, run their own web apps at the same or higher scale.
Overall, a worthwhile read, IMO.
- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises Signup to hear about new products or services from me.Contact Page
Saw this today on Hacker News:
What does it take to run a web app with 5K – 10K users?
I read the thread. Found that it had a number of good comments, on both sides of the equation - the business side, i.e. acquiring, retaining and supporting users, and the technical side, i.e. scaling the hardware and software to manage the load on the app. Many of the people who commented, run their own web apps at the same or higher scale.
Overall, a worthwhile read, IMO.
- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises Signup to hear about new products or services from me.Contact Page
Monday, April 23, 2012
Early (*) interview with Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu (2007)
(*) Before Zoho became profitable.
Part 3. See linked post for other parts.
Zoho is reported to be widely used and has an innovative employee model (and good profits, I've read). Also, they do a lot more than cloud office suites.
- Vasudev Ram
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