http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/05/29/ruby-on-rails-gets-down-to-business en-us 40 thoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect <p>It&#8217;s been a week since I announced the new <a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/05/21/ruby-on-rails-meets-the-business-world">Ruby on Rails meets the business world</a> group. Already, the group <strong>attracted over 300 members from around the globe</strong>... from Argentina, Boston, Australia, Florida, Seattle, Portland!, the Netherlands, and South Africa.</p> <p>We&#8217;ve already seen some great topics come up&#8230; from:</p> <ul> <li>Project estimates</li> <li>Fixed bids versus time and materials</li> <li>Pricing</li> <li>Handling code ownership with client contracts</li> <li>Incorporating (LLC, <span class="caps">S CORP</span>?)</li> <li>Managing money/accounting</li> <li>Contracts</li> </ul> <p>I expect that many of these topics will resurface and there has been a lot of valuable information passed around. It&#8217;s exciting to see that so many people not only want to use <a href="http://rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a> as a platform of choice for their business ventures, but they&#8217;re also willing to share their personal experiences and knowledge to help others move into this space.</p> <p>If you&#8217;re running a business that focuses on Ruby on Rails or just considering it, you should stop by and <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rails-business/t/f374441071075c4d">introduce yourself</a>.</p> <p><strong>update:</strong> membership grew from 200 to over 300 in the past day!</p> Tue, 29 May 2007 09:53:00 -0500 urn:uuid:02543b19-8e87-484e-a333-32f3dc8cae9d Robby Russell http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/05/29/ruby-on-rails-gets-down-to-business Business Ruby on Rails business rails rubyonrails community group