{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-author-jsx","path":"/blog/author/moisey_uretsky/2/","result":{"data":{"prismic":{"allFeaturedblogs":{"edges":[{"node":{"featured_blogs_enabled":true,"heading":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Featured posts","spans":[]}],"featured_blog_1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Blog","_linkType":"Link.document","blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":395},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/6d8d81b1-971a-4313-b033-b4e125cb14a0_MondoDB-blog-header-790x395.PNG?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Introducing DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB – a fully managed, database as a service for modern apps","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-06-29","blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"MongoDB is one of the most popular databases, and it’s ideal for apps that evolve rapidly and need to handle huge volumes of data and traffic. It offers advantages like flexible document schemas, code-native data access, change-friendly design, and easy horizontal scale-out.","spans":[{"start":22,"end":44,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://db-engines.com/en/ranking","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"However, building and maintaining MongoDB clusters from the ground up can be a huge undertaking. Developers often complain that they have to spend their valuable time and resources on database management. Well, we’ve been listening and have some great news: accessing and managing MongoDB on DigitalOcean just got a lot simpler!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are excited to announce that DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB is now in General Availability. Managed MongoDB is a fully managed, database as a service (DBaaS) offering from DigitalOcean, built in partnership with and certified by MongoDB Inc. It provides you all the technical capabilities that make MongoDB so beloved in the developer community. Together we have ensured that you will get access to all the latest releases of the MongoDB document database as they become available.","spans":[{"start":32,"end":91,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases-mongodb/"}},{"start":230,"end":241,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mongodb.com/","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB simplifies the MongoDB administration. Developers of all skill levels, even those who do not have prior experience in databases, can spin up MongoDB clusters in just a few minutes. We handle the provisioning, managing, scaling, updates, backups, and security of your MongoDB clusters, allowing you to offload the complex, time consuming –yet critical – database administration tasks to us. This empowers you to focus on what really matters: building awesome apps.","spans":[]},{"type":"embed","oembed":{"height":113,"width":200,"embed_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvHQSV7jnKA","type":"video","version":"1.0","title":"Create a MongoDB Database on DigitalOcean","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_url":"https://www.youtube.com/c/Digitalocean","provider_name":"YouTube","provider_url":"https://www.youtube.com/","cache_age":null,"thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NvHQSV7jnKA/hqdefault.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":360,"html":"<iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NvHQSV7jnKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen></iframe>"}},{"type":"heading2","text":"Benefits of Managed MongoDB","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Easy set up and maintenance: We create the database clusters for you. Simply choose the cluster configuration (e.g., memory, disk size, number of nodes, etc.), and the data center in which you want to host the database. Follow a few simple steps and your database cluster will be up and running in a matter of minutes. You can spin up clusters using the cloud control panel, CLI, or API.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":28,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Automatic daily backups with point in time recovery: Data is one of the most important assets of an app, so it’s critical to backup your database. We take backups of your entire clusters automatically on a daily basis, for free. We also provide a point in time recovery for 7 days, that way if things go wrong due to human error, machine error, or some combination of both, you can easily restore the database as it was at any point in the previous 7 days. \n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":52,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Automatic updates and access to latest MongoDB releases: You get access to MongoDB 4.4. This is the latest release of MongoDB and comes packed with numerous enhancements like hedged reads, rust, and swift drivers. Since we have developed Managed MongoDB in partnership with MongoDB Inc, you will always get access to new releases as they become available. With Managed MongoDB, the updates happen automatically. Just select a date and time for the updates and we take care of the rest. This makes it easy to stay up to date with MongoDB releases without disrupting your business.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":56,"type":"strong"},{"start":148,"end":169,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mongodb.com/new","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"High availability with automated failover: If your database goes down, it can take down the entire app, leading to bad customer experiences. With Managed MongoDB, you can easily minimize the downtime for your database and make it highly available with standby nodes. 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Such users would rather offload the tedious database administration and focus their limited time and energy on building and enhancing their apps. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this in mind, we introduced Managed Databases a couple of years ago and are excited to add Managed MongoDB to our portfolio. With this release, DigitalOcean Managed Databases now supports the following engines:","spans":[{"start":33,"end":50,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases/"}}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/87745cc1-1c5f-4463-b104-104b7fc30dc7_managed-databases-logos.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":849,"height":104}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB launch comes on the heels of DigitalOcean App Platform, a modern, reimagined PaaS (Platform as a Service) that we released a few months ago. App Platform makes it very easy to build, deploy, and scale apps and static sites. You can deploy code by simply pointing to your GitHub and GitLab repos, and App Platform will do all the heavy lifting of managing infrastructure, app runtimes, and dependencies. App Platform, along with Managed Databases, helps fulfill DigitalOcean’s mission by empowering developers, startups, and SMBs to focus more on their apps, and less on the underlying infrastructure and databases.","spans":[{"start":45,"end":70,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"How Managed MongoDB works","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean provides you with various compute options to build your apps like:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Droplets: On-demand, Linux virtual machines suitable for production business applications and personal passion projects.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":8,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"DigitalOcean Kubernetes: Managed Kubernetes with automatic scaling, upgrades, and a free control plane.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":23,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"DigitalOcean App Platform: A fully managed Platform as a Service.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":25,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No matter which compute option you choose to build your apps, you can easily add Managed MongoDB to it. 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His keynote will be followed by sessions from community members, engineers, customers, and other experts that are building technologies and businesses powered by the cloud. With live Q&A and an active Discord server, there’s ample opportunity to engage and learn something new. Click here to attend the deploy conference.","spans":[{"start":14,"end":69,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://deploy.digitalocean.com/agenda/session/552806"}},{"start":347,"end":384,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy-discord"}},{"start":461,"end":489,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are also launching a hackathon for DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB. 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Check out the docs and let us know what you think!","spans":[{"start":22,"end":43,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cloud.digitalocean.com/databases/new?engine=mongodb"}},{"start":59,"end":90,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/do-community/mongodb-resources","target":"_blank"}},{"start":141,"end":145,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/mongodb/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you’d like to have a conversation about using DigitalOcean and Managed MongoDB in your business, please feel free to contact our sales team.","spans":[{"start":120,"end":142,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/sales/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Happy coding!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"André Bearfield","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Director of Product Management","spans":[]}],"tags":[{"tag1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Tag","tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}}],"author":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Author","author_name":"André Bearfield","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":553,"height":547},"alt":"André Bearfield","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/fdc7c85186f0a850b04083e1d4306bd1c19772e8_andre-bearfield.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"andre-bearfield"}},"_meta":{"uid":"introducing-digitalocean-managed-mongodb"}},"featured_blog_2":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Blog","_linkType":"Link.document","blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":400},"alt":"Droplet Console","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/710499ae-78cc-4179-afc1-15793637b200_DODX3727-790x400-logo-2.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Securely connect to Droplets with SSH key pairs using a new Droplet Console","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-08-10","blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The famous author Ken Blanchard once said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.\" This is something we truly believe at DigitalOcean, and we always strive to enhance our products based on customer feedback.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this goal in mind, we are excited to introduce a new Droplet Console that will make it much easier to connect to your Droplets securely. 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We feel like we know infrastructure and can handle most of the configuration and management. What we needed from a cloud was not bells and whistles but efficiency and reliability. DigitalOcean provides us a platform to build our apps and then gets out of the way. Just how we like it.” - Achyuth Krishna, Director of Engineering of Whatfix","spans":[{"start":0,"end":7,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://whatfix.com/blog/driving-the-future-now-were-excited-to-announce-our-90-million-series-d-funding/"}},{"start":287,"end":648,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We understand that scaling while maintaining reliability of applications and profitability of business is important, so we provide robust solutions which minimize downtime.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Centra is a SaaS-based e-commerce platform for global direct-to-consumer and wholesale e-commerce brands. 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If you are interested in learning more about product updates, technical deep-dives and best practices for building SaaS products and businesses, please contact us to learn how we can help you get started. ","spans":[{"start":340,"end":357,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/migrate/?utmmedium=blog","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Come build with DigitalOcean!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Looking to migrate your SaaS to DigitalOcean? Leverage free infrastructure credits, robust training, and technical support to ensure a worry-free migration.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":156,"type":"strong"},{"start":0,"end":156,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/migrate/?utmmedium=blog","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Raman Sharma","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Vice President, Product & Programs Marketing","spans":[]}],"tags":[{"tag1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Tag","tag":"Developer Relations","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"developer-relations"}}}],"author":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Author","author_name":"Raman Sharma","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":512,"height":512},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/497b4b14-d192-493a-8b66-7ae176ba99f3_raman.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"raman-sharma"}},"_meta":{"uid":"how-to-scale-your-saas-product-without-breaking-the-bank"}}}}]}}},"pageContext":{"limit":12,"skip":12,"numAuthorPages":2,"currentPage":2,"uid":"moisey_uretsky","data":[{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Moisey Uretsky","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"moisey_uretsky"}},"blog_header_image":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"NYC Startup Weekend","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"This weekend, DigitalOcean was a very proud contributing sponsor at the NYC Startup Weekend event held at General Assembly. The event was focused around Music and Gaming and gave the participants an awesome opportunity to build a company in a weekend.","spans":[{"start":72,"end":91,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://nyc.startupweekend.org/"}},{"start":106,"end":122,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://generalassemb.ly/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Participants brainstormed ideas and then these ideas were voted on.  The appropriate skill sets were then assigned to each idea and teams were created. Each group consisted of at least a business person, a developer, and a designer. They spent the rest of the weekend building the company and getting ready to pitch to the judges.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"And build they did…","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One of my favorite parts of watching an event like this is seeing how the ideas transform into prototypes. On Saturday morning, the GA was filled with rough ideas and a lot of what ifs. By Sunday night, the teams were showing off working apps and business models. It's really amazing what can be accomplished in such a short period of time!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The top 3 team won prizes, and DigitalOcean was excited to provide the first place team with $1,000 of cloud hosting. Here are the winners:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"First Place: TypeThat — a mobile game that requires you to text the words falling from the sky before they hit the ground. Think Space Invaders meets 2012.","spans":[{"start":129,"end":143,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=437Ld_rKM2s"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Second Place: Jam Spot — a site that helps musicians connect with studios to optimize studio usage time and prevent musicians from recording in their uncle's basement.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Third Place: Startup Trail — inspired by Oregon Trail, this game is based around the life of a startup. Given my addiction to Oregon Trail as a kid, this was surely a hit.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean was thrilled to award $1,000 worth of cloud hosting to TypeThat and looks forward to watching this team grow. We also provided all of the teams with free cloud hosting to get their apps up and online for the weekend.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A special thanks to Frank Denbow and all of the organizers, volunteers, judges, participants, and sponsors. Awesome work all around.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"P.S. I hope the TypeThat team doesn't mind me sharing this, but I'm going to anyway :) As I was walking around and talking to the teams before the demos, I was able to listen to TypeThat practice their pitch. It was definitely in a rough state just a few minutes before the final deadline. But with a few small changes and minor tweaks, they were able to pull together a very solid presentation and take home the top honors. That is what we call \"just-in-time\" work at its finest. Nicely done team.","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2012-05-16","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"nyc-startup-weekend"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Moisey Uretsky","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"moisey_uretsky"}},"blog_header_image":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Exhibiting and Sponsoring @NYTechDay","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"We were lucky enough to be a sponsor and an exhibitor at the inaugural NY Tech Day!","spans":[{"start":71,"end":82,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.nytechday.com"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The event featured close to 200 NYC based startups and over 3500 attendees. 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Turns out it was a couple of blocks from our office, and Jeff snuck out between coding sessions to check it out.","spans":[{"start":66,"end":76,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.hackny.org"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The energy was amazing– a ton of great teams and developers just hacking away. On the spot we offered a sponsorship to the best team so that they could launch their hack on our cloud when it was finished. We also offered to provide each member of the winning team with free cloud hosting on DigitalOcean.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The winner was cLoudspeaker. The team composed of Xin Yang Yak, Eugene Lee, Alexander Zhao, and Kaushal Parikh put together an amazing hack that streamed music simultaneously from multiple devices creating a crowd sourced surround sound speaker system. The coolest part was they ran the demo live with a bunch of laptops from hackNY developers hooked up. It's great to see when technology begins to cross into the physical world.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We can't wait to see what else these great hackers put together in the future!","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2012-03-28","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"sponsoring-hackny-and-cloudspeaker"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Moisey Uretsky","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"moisey_uretsky"}},"blog_header_image":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Demoing at NYTM","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"We're excited to be selected as one of the demoers at the upcoming NYTM on March 27th. With over 800 attendees, it is the highest attended NYC meetup. 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While the design changes are going to be evolutionary, the guts were completely rewritten and incorporate our new API, which we will begin beta testing late this week and open to all users when 2.0 is launched.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2012-03-26","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"demoing-at-nytm"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Moisey Uretsky","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"moisey_uretsky"}},"blog_header_image":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Sponsoring Startups @NYTechDay","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"We're excited to announce that we'll be sponsoring a select number of startups for the upcoming NYTechDay on April 19th. 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Getting our entire team dynamic across in 20 seconds seemed like a difficult task at first but then inspiration struck.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We were in agreement that we all loved directors like Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. We also wanted to pay homage to DUMBO, the Brooklyn neighborhood where DigitalOcean was founded.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We got in touch with a good friend, Cody Milch of Indelible Productions, and pitched him the concept. 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While we know our chances of being accepted are slim (8%) they are still 6x better than general admission, which sees 1200 companies vying for 15 spots (1.25% chance of acceptance).","spans":[{"start":121,"end":138,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.techstars.com/techstars-for-a-day/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Regardless of whether we are accepted, the one-day event was worth it. How could it not be, when the first speaker after David Tisch's introduction is none other than Fred Wilson.","spans":[{"start":167,"end":178,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.avc.com"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Applying to Techstars","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"1. Team!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"90% of your application is how strong your team is. Techstars wants to see what you've accomplished in the past, how long the team has been together, and how well you work together. Be your own biggest fan.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"2. Rise Above the Noise - Social Proof","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As Fred Wilson said \"Techstars helps you rise above the noise.\" The same is true for your application. You're competing with 1200 other startups, how will you stand out? David Tisch was quick to point out that sending 1,000 emails a day has been done before and won't be looked upon favorably.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Social proof will be.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Specifically, getting mentors to send an email to Techstars saying how great you are. Sometimes you are lucky enough to know a mentor prior to your application and getting a recommendation is easy and straight forward. As for the rest of us, you are going to have to look through the list and use social engineering to get a meeting, wow them, and have them sing your praises.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"3. The Application Process Doesn't End","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Until the finalists are announced, continue to update your application. Likewise, if there are relevant developments shoot an email out to Adam and Dave. The key here is to show progress. That doesn't mean to fire off an email every time you launch a new feature or restyle your design, but if you do make significant headway definitely send an email. A simple litmus test is to ask yourself whether or not your announcement qualifies for a press release– if it does, then let them know.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Moreover, even when you are rejected don't take it too hard. Many companies have applied twice, three times, even four times before they were accepted. Like Mark Suster, Techstars looks to invest in lines (not dots) and sometimes that trend isn't visible until the fourth time you apply.","spans":[{"start":157,"end":168,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://twitter.com/msuster"}},{"start":189,"end":215,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/11/15/invest-in-lines-not-dots/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"From Application to Finalist to Techstar!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With 1200 companies applying for just 15 spots, it's obvious that most aren't accepted. But understanding what Techstars is looking for from finalists and their eventual selected companies can help you figure out how to answer some of the application questions (and also prepare you for what they're going to ask once you've made the first cut).","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"4. How Will You Hire?","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"To quote Steve Ballmer, \"Developer, developers, developers!\" With everyone hiring you better have a great answer on how you're going to staff.","spans":[{"start":25,"end":59,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE"}}]},{"type":"heading3","text":"5. How Can Techstars Help You?","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Put yourself in their shoes. Let's say they have two equal startups: teams are great, ideas are great, but one clearly spells out how they plan to leverage what Techstars offers, while the other can't make a clear case...which would you choose?","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Simply put, Techstars gives you the ability to reach anyone you want.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If your business depends on selling to large enterprises like Best Buy, they'll get you a meeting. If your startup depends on leveraging media connections you dont have, they'll put you in front of the right people.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Dream big, and then spell out how Techstars and their network will help you win big.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"6. Road Map","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"When the alumni panel was asked what they would do differently, the most common answer was related to time management. For this reason plan ahead.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Figure out what you need and want to accomplish in the three month program and detail it out. Not only will it help with answering question 5, but it will help you stay focused once you get in. If you don't have a plan, it's easy to get dazed and confused and spend the first two weeks running around to mentor meetings.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"7. Sleep!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"This will be your last chance to recharge both your mind and your body.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The next three months will be grueling and intensive but well worth the effort. During those months, it'\n\ns important to stay on top of your health and not get burnt out in the first half of the program. Save enough energy to sprint to the finish line. Agile pun intended.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"It may also be a good idea to break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend because they'll surely hate you while you're in Techstars.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you're married, then just remind them that they said for better or worse.","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2012-01-22","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"7-tips-for-applying-to-techstars"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Moisey Uretsky","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"moisey_uretsky"}},"blog_header_image":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"A Lean Start for DigitalOcean","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"When it comes to development you can always add more, tweak features, test, commit, push, deploy, etc. Luckily before getting lost in the endless cycle of improvement, I read Eric Ries' Lean Startup and immediately realized we needed to do a user focus group.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"I can't express how invaluable this experience has been. We've spent all week bringing users into our office and watching them interact with our website and control panel. On more than one occasion, I had to resist the urge to slap my forehead in a Eureka realization of how blind we'd been.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We hadn't even realized that a \"Sign Up\" button wasn't in our top Nav header. In other instances, we went too far in making things simple; as a result they actually became less obvious. We didn't even include a section in the FAQ that asked the simplest question: What is a droplet?","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"But the real treat of the process wasn't until Dave, our last tester, dropped by the office. Up to this point we'd enticed people with a bit of cash to give us an hour of their time. After wrapping up, we went to give Dave a check but he wouldn't accept it. We were surprised and asked him why he didn't want it-- he told us that he just wanted to see what we'd put together. He was excited to see someone in the NYC tech scene developing infrastructure and not just doing another social media play.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We were floored and humbled by the experience. We thanked him for his time and in the end came away feeling that we'd taken away something much more valuable than a few user stories for our basecamp.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"What we got was inspiration.","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2012-01-05","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"a-lean-start-for-digital-ocean"}}}]}}}