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Want to build a startup with CFML? Here's how...
By: Aaron Longnion
Twitter: @refynr / @aqlong
Start-up: Refynr.com

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"A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A CFML app worth 50 Billion dollars." - Anonymous (ok, fine. I made it up.)

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Step 1
Work as a CF developer & architect at various late-stage start-ups for 10 years

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Step 2
Quit your day job to work full-time on your world changing, brilliant web start-up idea, ignoring all possibility of failure.

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Step 3
Move in with your in-laws and prepare to use 1/2 your life savings

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Step 4
Poll everyone you know (and some you don't) about your idea to see if it's a good idea, and find out if anyone would actually pay for it

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Step 5
Set up a "coming soon" website on Rackspace Cloud Server. Use CFEclipse, MacBook Pro, Railo, CentOS, & Apache to start development.

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Step 6
Use MySQL 5.1 Community, MyVersionControl.com for SVN, and Sequel Pro for MySQL development

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Step 7
Use monkeyTweet for Twitter API, Facebook ColdFusion SDK, and ValidateThis & cfUniform for validation and forms

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Step 8
Use no CF framework (cuz that's how I roll), MXUnit, and Timezone.cfc

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Step 9
Set up the most basic possible working prototype that shows the basics of what your app does, and BEG people to sign-up. 
 
Blog, tweet, and generally flail about to draw attention to yourself.

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Step 10
Create a Twitter account just for your start-up, tweet often and be open and helpful to all potential testers and customers

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Step 11
Write a blog post, 
http://solowebstartup.com/top-14-tools-for-my-web-startup
 
that goes a little viral and makes the front page of Hacker News. (Hint: it's key that Adobe notices, too)

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Step 12
Get an email from Adobe (guess who) that requests you use CF 9 for your start-up, and offers to donate an Enterprise CF9 license + CF Builder

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Step 13
Switch to CF9 Enterprise
(yes, I'm a whore)
Excuses:
1) I have much more experience w/ it
2) it includes CF Server Monitor & Mgr
3) I want to get on Gert's $h!t List

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Step 14
Put some lame demo videos on your home page.

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Step 15
Realize said demo videos are indeed lame, and remove them.

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Step 16
Due to lack of graphic design gene, crowdsource logo design at CrowdSpring.com

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Step 17
Blog: "Why does my home page suck?"
Get 1,024 answers. Erm, thanks. Thanks a LOT!

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Step 18
Try to fix home page by yourself. 
#Fail.
 
Pay a nominal fee for a good home page theme at ThemeForest.net

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Step 19
Despite years of experience setting up CF / JRun clusters, spend 3 days *unsuccessfully* creating cluster for your CF 9 web app.

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Step 20
Attend Open CF Summit. 
Learn all about OpenDB on Google cloud & scaling Railo.
Seriously reconsider decision to use ColdFusion 9 Enterprise!

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Step 21
Keep on working, and hope you start making money before you run out of money or your wife sweetly asks, "Honey, do you think maybe your 'world changing' idea was maybe a little silly after all?".

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