Comments on: Startup - Tips and Tools

By: Sankalp

Sankalp — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:01:19 +0000

I hve worked last 10 yrs in Insurance software industry. But I have intention to start my own softawre company. What are various medium of getting first project?

Thanks in advance

By: Sudhi

Sudhi — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:22:06 +0000

Another useful tool is freeconference(http://www.freeconference.com) for teleconferencing.You could use a vonage like ip phone with a fixed rent every month.You could schedule and manage conference calls without paying out on large bills. In the free option called Web-scheduled standard,they do not provide toll free numbers.There is a US dial-in number alone which gets charged.

By: Manish Dhingra

Manish Dhingra — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:58:06 +0000

Hey Basab,
It’s great to see you writing about startup tools, many many startups will benefit from this, including ours Tekriti Software.

My two cents on how startups relying on the internet for their communication and delivery is to use a multi homing routers to aggregate the bandwidth from different ISP providers. So for example you could use a 2 port multi-homing router from edimax at about $100, combine it with two 256Kbps lines to get a dedicated bandwidth of 512Kbps at a cost of Rs 3000 per month. A leased line offering this bandwidth will cost nothing less than Rs. 25,000 per month. So money saved is money earned.

By: Varun Dabke

Varun Dabke — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:51:03 +0000

One more startup tool:
I too am an exfosion and I too have joined a startup based in Fremont, but I work from India. Most of the team is in Fremont and ISD calling is a big cost.
I have discovred a tool called Fring(.com). It installs on my average nokia phone with Airtel data-plan and allows me to connect VOIP calls to skype and gtalk for free.
Great reduction in cost with flexibility of Mobile phone!
I am always on, where ever I tarvel,at whatever time.

By: Satish

Satish — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:13:27 +0000

Fototagger is one nice app, that has come of help for you..

For example.. all the photos in the pool like TUAW(The unofficial Apple Weblog) use the feature to highlight what all gear people stock up with their mac’s..

Another way of doing the same is by using tags, which are supported in various apps these days like picasa, ACDsee etc..

The concept of flickr and fototagging is the best one among all though…