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The Best Small Business Tools of 2013

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Here at Palo Alto Software, we spend all day every day building software and writing advice for small businesses and entrepreneurs. This is our list of favorite things from 2013. Some are truly “from 2013″ and were introduced this year, and some have been around for awhile but saw pretty significant updates in 2013.

Small Business

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Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

So while you keep an eye on your team, your customers, your marketing, your online activities, and your bottom line it is now also time to get ready for tax time, perform the year-end reviews, consider raises and bonuses, clean up the office, schedule holiday vacations, and plan the company party! Review your website.

Small Business

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Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Categories: Coding. Web Design. Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code. October 17th, 2013. There are three principal ways to develop a mobile solution: native code, hybrid mobile app, mobile Web app. Chiefly, you would need developers who can handle both native development and HTML5.

Software Review

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Twitter Link Roundup #155 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Why a jewelry startup had to build enterprise software to survive - [link]. Dear silly web: 20 things to banish in 2013 | Econsultancy – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 35 Beautiful Unusual Web Designs - [link].

Social Media

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Twitter Link Roundup #187 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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JULY 12, 2013

How and Why to Be a Leader (Not a Wannabe) | Harvard Business Review – [link]. “Less than half of US display ad impressions delivered between May 2012 and February 2013 were in-view” – [link]. 40 Fresh Best Illustrator Tutorials From 2013 | Creative Nerds – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #193 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

After reviewing 300 startup applications, this is what I learned – [link]. The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0 | Moz – [link]. 20 Awesome Fonts for 2013 | Vector Diary – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

You Can’t Be a Wimp—Make the Tough Calls | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/H4gLnT. 140 Quirky and Serious Free Fonts of 2013 | 1stwebdesigner - crowdspring.co/1gqp3Ey. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Failing to find a coder whose vision aligned with ours, we ended up coding ActivityDeck website ourselves. In January 2013, I was working my dream job at a high-end stationery store as a designer/retail manager. And in one of those discussions the idea behind ActivityDeck was conceived. A mobile app is on its way.

Entrepreneur

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Posted on January 31, 2013. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation. Start Here If You’re New.

Security

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How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I now has 350+ customers who spend between $6k to $17k a year to use their software, depending on the size of the company. Their growth since their MVP release in 2016?

Sweat Equity

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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Review. The Review. Date: September 4, 2013. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. Your primary responsibility is shipping high-quality code. Plusstartup.

CTO Hire

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How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I now has 350+ customers who spend between $6k to $17k a year to use their software, depending on the size of the company. Their growth since their MVP release in 2016?

Sweat Equity

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder

Twitter Link Roundup #170 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes – [link]. How You Can Benefit from All Your Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Culture Code: Creating A Company YOU Love | by Dharmesh Shah – [link]. Ray Fisman-Harvard Business Review – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. 4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R.

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #204 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. When Marketing Is Strategy | Harvard Business Review - crowdspring.co/1jtztSC. 14 Free Icon Fonts for Web Designers - crowdspring.co/18VblXV.

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

Twitter Link Roundup #149 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2012

How to Build Trust in a Virtual Workplace | Harvard Business Review – [link]. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure | Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Stylish and Free Fonts for Graphics and Web Designers – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

How To Make Mobile Convert: The Most Common Mobile Store Mistakes

ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2014

For example, Monetate reported that conversion on personal computer websites is three times the rate on smartphones: Monetate , Q4 2013. They can easily see information that supports purchase, such as background information, reviews, and multiple images of products. According to Cisco, Mobile Traffic grew by 81% in 2013.

Mobile

Mobile Conversion eCommerce Design

Twitter Link Roundup #176 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 | MIT Technology Review – [link]. Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform | by Andrew Chen – [link]. Job Titles Aren’t That Important | Matt Ferguson-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Photoshop CS6 Cheat Sheet | Web Design Ledger – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

10 Important Web Design Best Practices and Tips for Small Business Websites

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2016

For tips on creative effective calls to action, I suggest you review 10 Techniques For An Effective ‘Call To Action’ You should incorporate minimal textures and subtle gradients, where appropriate, to highlight different areas of the site. If your 2016 website has content dated from 2013, your visitors may quickly leave your site.

Web

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Master mobile navigation

www.netmagazine.com

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Discover all of our 2012 in review articles! We reveal the top 50 books for web designers and developers. By Aaron Gustafson on February 08, 2013 Share this article Tweet. After all, the ‘mobile’ context that was pretty much the norm on the old mobile web was no longer ensured. A Future Site â?¼.

Mobile

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

Many franchise systems who receive support from our sister company, iFranchise Group — a premiere franchise consulting group — would ask where could they find services in PR, SEO, and website development. We couldn’t help but wonder why coding educational opportunities didn’t exist in the South.

Entrepreneur

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Amazon Web Services. About VC Cafe. StartLogic *.

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The Best Small Business Tools of 2013

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

Trending Sources

Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code

Twitter Link Roundup #155 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #187 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Twitter Link Roundup #193 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

Twitter Link Roundup #170 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Twitter Link Roundup #204 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Twitter Link Roundup #149 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

How To Make Mobile Convert: The Most Common Mobile Store Mistakes

Twitter Link Roundup #176 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

10 Important Web Design Best Practices and Tips for Small Business Websites

Master mobile navigation

43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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