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Setting Up Infrastructure

By Kim Polese - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, relates the challenges she learned while starting a company. She realized that though entrepreneurs might see potential in their technology and have the right people in their company, that alone will not ensure success in the marketplace. It requires making sure that all the pieces are in place for that company, she says.

Course Index

  1. Setting Up Infrastructure
  2. Birth of Java
  3. Solving a Real Problem
  4. Popularity of Open Source
  5. Importance of the Community and Data and Process Automation in Businesses
  6. Software as a Service
  7. Value of the Long Tail
  8. Lessons Learned
  9. Ethics in Business
  10. When Should You Open Source?