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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Even though I had a job and earned a decent salary, I was spinning my wheels just to pay my bills. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. So I packed in my day job – as a software developer – and devoted more time monetizing the blog and website. 12- Gain freedom- emotional and financial.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

Instead of being able to justify a somewhat fixed salaried workday, you find yourself working longer and longer hours as client demands increase. In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. September 29th, 2009 | Software Development Building your startup?

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

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Blogs Michael Coté James Governor Stephen OGrady GreenMonk RedMonk Rollup RedMonk TV RedMonk James Governor's Monkchips An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence About & Contact « I’m Back, with a Start: Are You Ready for a 9 Day Sustainability Summit at the Prince of Wales’ Gaff?

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

Blogs Michael Coté James Governor Stephen OGrady GreenMonk RedMonk Rollup RedMonk TV RedMonk James Governor's Monkchips An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence About & Contact « I’m Back, with a Start: Are You Ready for a 9 Day Sustainability Summit at the Prince of Wales’ Gaff?

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

Practically this means that you’ll outsource (most likely off-shore) your design and development, you’ll rent your servers, you won’t have an office and you’ll have no salary. But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention.

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Ten Highly Successful Bootstrapped Startups

Software By Rob

They paid themselves small salaries and setup monetary goals for the business each month. With some effort and patience, the three watched their salaries finally grow as profits from their paid plans started rolling in. Today, SparkFun has a wide following and boasts over $10 million in revenue. Startup #7: Grasshopper.