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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? 50 on a slice of pizza.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The strategy was brilliant: get loads of people using your product and eventually turn them into paying customers. Everywhere I looked there were stories of people making money hand over fist with this approach.

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One of the Most Time Consuming Startup Roadblocks

Software By Rob

Digital Products Two Must-Read Books for Micropreneurs → One of the Most Time Consuming Startup Roadblocks Micropreneurship If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Using my advanced knowledge of web hackery (i.e.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. But finding such people is more than a full time job. Skill is harder, but really only requires hard work — a lot of people can get that. And if you’re doing Windows Mobile 7 apps (which the stats suggest you aren’t), it’s your only choice.

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