bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. Although most aren’t in a place to be startup cofounders for financial reasons, I now have access to a large talent pool once I can offer a salary.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

And the odds in your favor are even higher, as most of your peers wouldn’t even get into the game due to some unspoken belief that in a meritocracy, good things will come to those who wait. I had been teaching Z8000 design to customers for the last year and a half. But Intel was kicking our rear. I also knew our customers.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Also make sure that you’re communicating well with any web developers or designers you hire. Have appropriate expectations, listen to the professionals in your employ and don’t micro-manage a design or development project. You also need to be sure you’re offering fair benefits and salary. Go ahead and DIY.

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

It wasn’t until the past decade that a designer or developer could leave the safety of a salaried position in pursuit of a career as a solo entrepreneur. July 13th, 2010 | Uncategorized Building your startup? You don’t even need to register. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Now that we’re nearing the home stretch of 2010, it’s a good time to take stock of various odds and ends for your business. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone! View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Since we started this company back in 2006, we have steadily put in place systems and procedures for periodic reviews of our accounting and finance with the hope that errors in bookkeeping would be identified and tax preparation would be streamlined. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! Employee benefits.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Arin Fishkin did all the original graphic design. Though I should point out was still doing client work for OneMatchFire until mid-2005 until the business could pay full salaries. From the middle to 2005 to early 2010 the business was break-even or better every quarter.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Your Money Questions Answered Mint.com on 07/07/2010 0 comments How Much Should I Tip? like courtney benson 460 days ago i agree that these are questions that one should ask but in the end result one can do all the due diligence possible and still wind up in a bad situation or the opposite can happen. All Rights Reserved.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

For a small business with constantly-strained capacity it can be incredibly difficult to post a job, sort through the resumes, vet the candidates, check those references, negotiate salary and benefits packages, execute the employment agreement, and complete the HR paperwork for payroll, insurance, pension plan, etc. Ask around.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

To compute the cost to acquire a customer, CAC, you would take your entire cost of sales and marketing over a given period, including salaries and other headcount related expenses, and divide it by the number of customers that you acquired in that period. (In Read Get Found using Inbound Marketing to find out more.)

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

Since I began in 2010, there have been ups and downs, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Today, my software company is profitable and staffed by exceptional individuals. At the age of 45, I decided to turn my passion for jewellery design into a business because I wanted to have a wider impact. 11- Enjoy software products.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players. Who You Are: Above all, you need to be both a programmer and designer. He excitedly accepted.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. You want to make sure that whatever you’re designing your business around that it actually has a profit center and a paying customer. It was not true until 2010, but I owned it from the very beginning and you need to do that, too, for your business. No, it does not.

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ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2014

How other people have used affiliates, what are potential affiliates looking at when deciding on which products and services to promote, what software is out there, how to keep affiliates happy and much, much more. Platform costs – to run affiliate marketing, we need software or an affiliate network to help with the day-to-day stuff.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The problem is that many programmers have loads of talent with no product sense and business students have great designs with no way to implement them. Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves. Who knows.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. The salary offered (and accepted) was quite low. This is an excellent supplement that many entrepreneurs could use to design compensation plans that make sence. 2009 2010 2011. link] Joseph. Great Job Peter!

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. But attitude. You either have it, or you don’t.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. Does your product produce data, charting, pricing, jobs, salary data, images, videos etc?

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

In 2010, I co-founded Community Tax LLC, a tax company dedicated to helping customers nationwide with tax preparation, bookkeeping, and accounting services. While working in a big world-known company, our early process around translation management in software localization consisted of Google Sheets usage. I didn't know what was next.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. The founding team earned a good salary during most of their ride; they’ll probably be OK.

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