Re: [UG-ADMINS] PHP 4 Startups

Hans,

I think this is a great idea. I’ve been running into this a lot lately in the Nashville area. When I tell people in the start-up community that I’m a co-organizer of the PHP user group, people often exhibit surprise.

We know that PHP is experiencing a renaissance of sorts with Composer and PHP 7, et al, so it would be great to have resources for user groups to share with local businesses answering the question “Why PHP?”

Let us know how we can help.

Cheers,
Ben


> On Nov 18, 2015, at 1:25 PM, Hans Z <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> A quick intro:  I'm Hans Zaunere and I founded NYPHP.org and some other
> user groups.
> 
> I'm begun kicking around some ideas on a new initiative, PHP Startups.  The
> focus is to create a central resource for those startups who built their v1
> platform on PHP, as well as provide a jobs/opportunity board for those
> looking to join a PHP based startup.  Additionally would be resources
> explaining why using PHP for a startup makes sense.
> 
> The idea came from seeing the many resources and recommendations for
> startups to use RoR (and Javascript).  It also comes from working with some
> developers in the startup space and their unwavering need to use the
> "latest technology" when in fact they are shooting themselves in the foot -
> especially in a startup ecosystem.  PHP is, amazingly, considered old tech
> but we can change that!
> 
> I post this to this group to gather feedback, ideas, and thoughts on
> structure for building the platform - and of course anyone interested in
> getting involved - thoughts?  Feel free to email me directly offlist, too.
> 
> Thanks all!
> 
> Hans
> 
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