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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

September 24th, 2009 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? The Micropreneur Academy Product Showcase is a place to showcase these products (currently eight are listed – there are at least that many not yet added). Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

November 2nd, 2009 | About this Blog Building your startup? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. It’s an interesting twist on the problem of trusting your data to the cloud, and one that has left me spending several hours trying to figure out the problem (a problem that began out of the blue).

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JUNE 10, 2010

During his presentation at the Business of Software conference in 2009, Dharmesh Shah said “For your first startup, maximize your odds of a modest outcome.&# A slightly better chance than buying a lottery ticket. And while it’s true that you might get lucky your first time, “luck&# is not a plan.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

October 26th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Know Thy Audience – And look at creative funding sources. How to Avoid Being Outsourced or Open Sourced – Pointed out to me after my post about competing with open source competition. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

September 23rd, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? When looking at your marking plan you should actually be thinking: If I could get on the front page of [small-but-very-focused-niche-website].com… The competition will be less and your conversion rates will be orders of magnitude higher.

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MARCH 6, 2009

I realized I struck a nerve when I began receiving question after question about recent topics: one-person startups, the business of solo software, Micropreneurship, etc… Until this point there have been many more questions than answers. March 6th, 2009 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post?

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

I’m a 31 year old Norwegian software developer. By day I work in a small startup specializing in mobile software. I formally launched the product in late July 2009, after running a beta for a few months. Rob: When & why did you decide to build and launch your own software product? Just go for it!

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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MARCH 2, 2009

I’m in the cusp of something new that’s coming together from a perfect storm of the economy, my internal search for independence, and an undercurrent I’m observing with developers who’ve made the decision to pursue something worth pursuing. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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JULY 17, 2009

July 17th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? We are a company called Connected Ventures, a group of friends who work for: Vimeo, CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, and Defunker.&# The Beatles: Rock Band – 09.09.09. ‘Nuff said. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

So I’m in the process of booking speaking engagements over the next several months on how developers can launch and market their first product. October 22nd, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Joel Spolsky is all he’s advertised to be and getting to see him speak in person was great.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

October 8th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Write like you talk, not like how you think people want you to write. It was just a postcard, but now six people have seen it, and I’ll be calling him the next time I need service. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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MARCH 9, 2009

It’s OK If You Don’t Like Your Job If you’re like the hundreds of software developers I’ve talked to over the past few years you’re not thrilled with your job. Read on… March 9th, 2009 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? But the time has come…today I lay everything on the table.

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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. September 29th, 2009 | Software Development Building your startup? And that’s the position you want to be in.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

November 19th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development , Startups Building your startup? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. My roof is leaking. Fred shows up tomorrow to install my new roof. I have a feeling it won’t be shoddy when he’s done with it.

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APRIL 7, 2009

April 7th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? If you haven’t setup no-touch backups for your personal system, check out Mozy. 8 Core CPUs on The Horizon – Even with 2.3 billion transistors and 8 cores, Intel says they “will be able to maintain the power envelope of its current Core 2 processors.&#

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MAY 4, 2009

I sold justbeachtowels.com in January of 2009 and made a great return on my investment with the goal of investing the funds into my next digital product site. Though I haven’t acquired anything yet (I have my eye on a few), the return on those funds will be much higher with a software product or SaaS website. at 9:58 am [.]

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

October 29th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development Building your startup? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Product naming is hard. Quantifying these kinds of things will improve sales and, trust me on this one, will allow you to sleep at night. Check out my book Like this post?

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

October 15th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Or at least as long as there is a thirst for original content and interactions beyond having to follow someone, friend them, or communicate in 140 characters or less. Because someone has to continue creating original content and ideas. Check out my book Like this post?

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

December 9th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? As you drive more and more traffic to a website over its lifetime this can mean the difference between generating enough money each month for a car payment…and a house payment. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. What’s the customer acquisition cost? Who influences a sale? Who recommends a sale? Who is the decision maker?

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AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. August 11th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

It was the Business of Software 2009 conference that did it. Like everyone else whom I’ve talked to, I think the verdict is still out about the real value of Twitter, but I’m in and I’m tweeting like crazy about Micropreneurship, microISVs, launching and marketing software, and making it work as a single founder.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Selling is hard and most people (especially developers) don’t want to do it. November 16th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? But the benefits are big: this approach will increase your chance of creating a real, usable product by at least 100%. Check out my book Like this post?

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AUGUST 18, 2010

CrazyEgg decided to drop its free plan in Jan of 2009 and they haven’t looked back. Plenty of advertising systems work well on 0.8%. #4 So if you can’t immediately profit from freeloaders (think gmail and advertising) don’t invite them in at all. #8 Where was this info when I needed it? Watson on 08.18.10

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MARCH 10, 2009

As more information becomes available I’ll be providing it via the the Six Figure Software mailing list – click here to sign up. March 10th, 2009 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? In the meantime I’m happy to answer your questions; drop me a line at rob@softwarebyrob.com. Check out my book Like this post?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. Just as I go to my friend who’s a brilliant SQL developer to help me with my HAVING clause, I want to go to a marketing genius and have him/her tell me the exact steps I need to take to begin converting visitors to paying customers. I want solid answers.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

December 15th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? And if you can’t stop customers from flowing out through the bottom of your funnel, you will die by attrition. You work too hard generating traffic and converting it to customers. Don’t waste it. Plug your funnel. Check out my book Like this post?

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

So at the time I was finalizing development, launching a product, and working through an acquisition. That being said, I’m still trying out Twitter because I inherited 400+ followers with my recent acquisition, and I have noticed that it allows me to quickly reach a certain segment of my market. Ruben: Thanks for having me.

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MARCH 12, 2009

But there’s one more lesson here, and it’s for software companies (including Micropreneurs): don’t have a license agreement that screws your customers. If you advertise a product as “royalty-free,&# mean what you say; don’t hide things in a license agreement just because no one reads them.

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JANUARY 7, 2009

As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense. January 7th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? 4 Inflecto [Software Developers] on 01.08.09 at 9:05 am We are a small development company which develops bespoke software.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

at 12:41 pm Rob, just a hypothetical question here: what if there were the equivalent to the iPhone app store for server software? Developers for apps on the iPhone are spared much of the friction you mentioned (marketing challenges, securing wide distribution, fulfillment headaches, varied platform and runtime support issues).

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JULY 14, 2009

July 14th, 2009 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? So take a risk this month: outsource your first task and see where it takes you. When was the last time a single tool or work habit offered the opportunity to save 20-60 hours in a month? Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Somehow I allowed myself to get talked into doing the Pecha Kucha at the 2009 Business of Software conference in San Francisco (seriously though, I want to thank Jeff Atwood for convincing me to go through with it). November 13th, 2009 | About this Blog , Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

September 22nd, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? But once you find them, provide your product with no hassles at a price where you make a healthy profit and you’re set. Do that, and your marketing plan won’t need luck. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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