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Software to avoid the software people

A few years ago, many of the Y Combinator B2B startups wrote tools for the developers in other companies--metrics software, deployment software, monitoring software, build software, development frameworks, etc....

Published 2013-03-18 1 min read 151 words 3 topics
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A few years ago, many of the Y Combinator B2B startups wrote tools for the developers in other companies--metrics software, deployment software, monitoring software, build software, development frameworks, etc....

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A few years ago, many of the Y Combinator B2B startups wrote tools for the developers in other companies--metrics software, deployment software, monitoring software, build software, development frameworks, etc. The startups would want to meet with the technology people at companies to sell their service. There's been a significant shift--lots of the YC B2B startups are now
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