Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few weeks ago a Micropreneur Academy member asked about getting started as a freelance developer since freelance development can be more conducive to getting started as a Micropreneur. In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. Not a bad deal.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 29, 2011

Shoot, I used this excuse myself recently: “I built a company and forged dozens of customer relationships in the software development tools sector; I know exactly how to sell into that market.&#. Methods of reaching consumers change every year (compare SEO or AdWords strategies from 2003 and 2010). First, markets change rapidly.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Marketing & Sales. is a sales platform, so they’ve focused their blog content to specifically help you improve your sales strategies. Naomi and Dave have a really down-to-earth approach to the topic of business development and marketing. A Smart Bear | Jason Cohen. Hack & Hustle | Close.io.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2013

It compares a 2013 smart phone (an iPhone) to what you had to carry just 10 years earlier (in 2003) to have some of the same tools (camera, video, music, etc.). Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” 1gkIrER.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. Thanks to Victoria Wieck. #13- 13- Help people with marketing projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. 10% of our revenue is coming from direct sales of our banner inventory. That’s not acceptable.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2017

When I started in the financial services industry in 2003, getting to meetings when I was on the road was pretty straightforward—I took a cab. In the subscription economy, companies have moved their focus from producing, selling, and shipping products (traditional transactions) to developing and monetizing lifetime relationships.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). I was looking for a person to head up my UK sales team. But as a sales person you have to be able to build rapport. Small story. I used to work in the UK. He took the issue off the table.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

I’m putting myself in the same boat now with the solution I’m developing so could you tell me: How did you reach out to your first customer? But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. The fallacy here is that you can copy what I did and get a customer. The truth is that even I cannot copy what I did to get my first customer.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Technology alone does not make a great company. Business tactics do. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. Survived phenomenal early growth.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

But, before they were big names, they were simply a team that needed additional money urgently to pay their website development firm. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. They emailed billionaire investor Mark Cuban, asking him for financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). After rejuvenating from the exhausting sale of Quigo, Mike started a ‘boring site’ called Tracked.com that he thought would be a better version of Yahoo! This feature is in development right now.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Business Development for Massive, Inc., Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. 15 minutes.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

iPad and Android tablet apps for magazines have been a big trend over the past couple of years, spurred on by dwindling print magazine sales. After launching iOS and Android apps in January 2011, Technology Review ran into development, sales and other difficulties. All of that work and for disappointing sales. developers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

The cities chosen for the City Page beta test closely align with the first Google Offers beta tests and can be supported by the local Google sales and support staff. In my opinion, developing and executing an effective ma. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi. Adding the Facebook Like. : 7 Characteristics of a Re. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

In my opinion, developing and executing an effective ma. Creating ready made ways to amplify your customer’s desire to promote is one of the secrets to extending your reach and impact into new customer opportunities. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. I’m now an award-winning provider of multimedia sales support guidance for organizations around the world. I also contribute content about sales and business strategy to CNBC, Entrepreneur, Inc.,

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. I’m now an award-winning provider of multimedia sales support guidance for organizations around the world. I also contribute content about sales and business strategy to CNBC, Entrepreneur, Inc.,

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Calxeda is on track with its business and ARM-based product development plans, moving toward providing first samples of its industry-changing technologies in 2011. This is within our reach with technologies we are developing at Calxeda. Baughman is Calxeda’s new Vice President of Business Development and Sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

They are either a sign of naive founders or naive investors (because they will quickly develop a reputation in the market and because future investors in that company will all demand your terms, which therefore will include a full ratchet). I thought we got rid of that s**t in 2003? What happens in a sale or acqui-hire?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

I read a ton of existing literature and came up with a formal methodology for search I called Customer Development. That resulted in a new process for Search: Customer Development + traditional product management/Waterfall Engineering. And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C. He called it the “Lean Startup.”.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

How about monitoring the relationship between internal teams like sales and marketing? In my opinion, developing and executing an effective ma. How happy is your staff? It may be one of the most important reflections of the service your customers receive. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

Though it wasn’t intended, the last two articles I wrote on the PlainFlow blog have formed a series: The Modern SaaS Stack and the Unexploited Amount of Data is a walkthrough that shows how companies use Modern SaaS Stack to cover their Marketing/Support/Sales activities from day-0. It was 2003. All manual operations.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. Failure plagues those who believe in the traditional business plan; the long-term planning model; the belief that sales and marketing numbers are facts. It’s about being mentally at ease with a trial-and-error format of business development. It scares them to try.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. I was working hand-in-hand with my close friend and associate Stuart Lander who was running our UK office and with one of our local sales reps.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

In 2003 we started developing a martial arts motion sensing toy, a full three years before the Nintendo Wii changed the world of motion sensing. I wondered if we could do the same for hardware development. We connected the sensors to a seven year old pc with an Arduino-like interface that ran a simple drum program we developed.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Customer Development. Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan Customer Development'

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Software development wasn’t giving me the satisfaction I craved from working, and I had recently been part of a startup that was now a smoking crater after the Dot Com crash. By 2003, I entered my first show and in 2004 I had a full-fledged business running. I was finding the right shows and hitting my stride.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2018

by Gavin Aubrey, founding Director of Think… Training & Development Ltd and author of “ A Guide to Motivation, Happiness, Success & Resilience “ Hello, my name is Gavin. Four years later, I was National Sales Manager of an insurance company managing around 70 staff and after that, my career went from strength to strength.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. In 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Technology alone does not make a great company. Business tactics do. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. Survived phenomenal growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Technology alone does not make a great company. Business tactics do. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. Survived phenomenal growth.

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