The Art of the Joomla! Start - with Gary Jay Brooks
Learn the business of building a boot-strapped start-up, based on the Joomla! framework and hard work
Roll up your sleeves; this session has major content. It will teach you the art of owning a Joomla! based business and how to care for the business.
Schedule:
- JoomlaDay, Day 1 - 10/22
- Time: 11:00- 12:15
- Speaker: Gary Jay Brooks
The movement of middle market is coming back from traditional legacy software, and instead looking at open source as a viable software option. Oracle and Microsoft are no longer the enterprise’s only choice. With the invent of cloud, MySQL, NoSQL, Joomla! and powerful front-end java script libraries like jQuery and MooTools, now corporations and Joomla! start-ups can build the next revolution of SaaS applications. Learn how you can tilt your normal business practices into a monthly fee, how the cloud can power your future thoughts, or how you can own and build your own application or service. Start-up and Joomla! are a match made in heaven for anyone trying to get to market better and faster.
- The rotation of business processes into SaaS
- Joomla!, the vision, and how the cloud fits into your world
- Joomla! is more than a CMS - Think SaaS
- Raising money for your boot-strapped start-up
- How to feed information to investors
- Building processes to help investors see who you are
- Bookkeeping is not your skill
- Building an accounting culture
- Building software
- Build your own or assemble your home? (Joomla! extensions)
- The value of GPL
- Types of coders and who you need on your team
- Dedicated time and dedicated help
- Hiring help from other parts of the world
- The dreaded to-do system; the force of systems and how they help you
- Building a culture of discipline
- Why you can’t and shouldn’t be the nice guy
- Contracts and how to hedge your losses on potential large projects
- The life and death of a project
- How to fire your client without losing money
- Building partnerships
- Solutions for collaboration
- Getting involved in the Joomla! community
The Art Of The Joomla Start With Gary Jay B (8.65 MB 2011-10-24 16:20:30)















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