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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

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For the uninitiated, Zoho introduced a CRM system that was one-tenth the price of Salesforce.com and penetrated the lower end of the market using an Indian cost structure. They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

After leaving Juno, he founded his own software company, Fog Creek Software. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Lesson: You dn’t want your customers to feel locked into using your software. Marketing materials.

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"What's Next in Tech" Event in Boston

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You would have to spend millions of dollars hiring software developers, renting real estate, buying hardware, etc. just to build a product which you could then start selling (and in reality test whether there was a market at all). I fully expect the market for big ideas to continue to grow.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duck Tape Marketing Podcast is sponsored by Podcast Bookers, podcastbookers.com. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. First Things First: Your Requirements You seem to feel that your project isn’t ready to move forward without a software developer (a “programmer&# , as you say).

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, President Work in small batches Continuous deployment with downloads What is a market? (a a guide for hackers) You buy virtual goods The free software hiring advantage Continuous deployment and continuous learning The lean startup @ Web 2.0

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

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Often, you will see a large company put enough marketing muscle behind a mediocre product to generate a profit from it. I could point to countless examples of mediocre software being unleashed upon the general population, after which people like you and me have to help replace it with something decent. Myth #3: I need a partner.