The Web Startup Success Guide

C H A P T E R       4     

Tools and Groups for Startups

“A successful tool is one that was used to do somethingundreamt of by its author.”

—Stephen C. Johnson (programmer who wrote the Portable C compiler)

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people couldchange the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

—Margaret Mead (American cultural anthropologist)

Back in the Day . . .

In this chapter we're going to stock up your startup toolkit with a few power tools to get the job done faster and more easily and have a look at startup groups, gatherings, and events, online and off.

Now, this is not a book about programming tools—given the number of platforms we just covered in Chapter 3; that would be a six-volume set. Instead, ...