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Two Must-Read Books for Micropreneurs

Software By Rob

This book is for software developers who want to start successful web businesses and includes interviews with Joel Spolsky, Eric Sink, Guy Kawasaki, and David Allen. It’s an in-depth look at the process of moving from a salaried position into entrepreneurship. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

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. Instead of being able to justify a somewhat fixed salaried workday, you find yourself working longer and longer hours as client demands increase.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

You can go without these expenses for a short time while in startup mode, but if you plan to build a company that’s sustainable in the long-run you’re going to need to cover these expenses before you think about collecting a salary. January 7th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? It adds up.

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The Software Product Myth

Software By Rob

Most developers start as salaried employees, slogging through code and loving it because they never imagined a job could be challenging, educational, and downright fun. at 12:41 pm Rob, just a hypothetical question here: what if there were the equivalent to the iPhone app store for server software? Except for one thing.

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Micropreneur Spotlight Episode 2: Design Proposal Software Bidsketch

Software By Rob

It’s a SaaS (Software as a Service) based application that offers free and paid plans. While it’s not enough to replace my salary at the moment, I’m ecstatic about the fast start! Rob: When & why did you decide to build and launch your own software product? I’ve been live now for about six weeks. Ruben: Thanks for having me.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

At a salaried job making $80k plus benefits your time is worth around $55/hour. Even fewer can be installed in five minutes or less, even by an experienced software developer. August 11th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? 11 Arjan’s World » LINKBLOG for August 11, 2009 on 08.11.09

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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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.