1. Get Mongodb. 2. Run Mongodb: mongod --dbpath path/to/something 3. Edit mongod connection string in server.js 4. Run npm install 5. cd to app/static and run bower install. (ensure you have already run npm install -d bower) 6. Run server: node server.js ** requires $GOOGLE_API_KEY env var to be set Notes: Your server.js is getting a bit crufty: consider using backbone-relational, as well as pushing the geocoding logic to the REST endpoint - you probably need a Bottle model and move the price to it as well...