The thing Valley veterans learned long ago — a business plan the startup punks of today can't execute on even when they finally figure it out — is that the real money is in writing software for massive, faceless corporations. To that end, the Software Development West conference takes place this week at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Big-brained corporate wonks mingle with Indian outsourcing gurus. Parent company CMP, the tech publisher and conference organizer couldn't have picked a worse time for a rebranding.
A conference you likely aren't attending -- but should
1:30 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By confonz
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To refute your assertion one needs look no further than Nominum, whos entire model is selling software to giant, faceless telecom carriers. Because the ecosystem of giant faceless companies is small, you end up painting yourself into a corner in terms of market.
Clearly, the better plan is blogging about your ex-girlfriend, and then running adwords.
@matto: Only if your girlfriend has "choice tits" and a penchant for dating other self-promoting types who like the camera as much as she does.
@The_Age_of_Plastic: I'm fixing your bio page right now. Don't tell anyone!
@matto: Since we appear to be the only readers of this thread, I feel our secret is safe.
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