Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Micropreneur Academy member Ruben Gamez launched Bidsketch five months after joining the Academy, and has experienced quite a bit of success with this niche application for designers. But the design of this email is branded, yet simple. So I am presenting them here as tips for getting people to read your email newsletter.

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,&# Things I Learned the Hard Way, and more… → Transitioning from Developer to Software Entrepreneur Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. In the same market with equal marketing, the product with the better design aesthetic wins.

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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. at 1:01 pm >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.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The most common responses will involve search engine optimization, AdWords, blogging, podcasting, and perhaps social media. Good Marketing Looks Easy The most likely reason is that good marketing, as with good design, looks easy. Just like when you look at an incredible website design it seems so simple – totally stripped down.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

He spoke about risk (development, market, financial and execution), social media, how you must create content (most likely through a blog) to win in today’s “search&# economy.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

I will focus on sales and marketing elements: how well you communicate your message, the basics of your design, usability, calls to action, SEO, etc… Think of this as a combination between UserTesting.com and ConceptFeedback.com …except I’m not charging 29 bucks.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Coolest Business Card Ever – How am I not stealing this design right now? at 11:11 am Rob, Thanks for linking to my business card design. CrossLoop – Mom calling you for tech support? Send her to CrossLoop, affordable online computer help. Know Thy Audience – And look at creative funding sources.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

You need reasonable graphic design skills, the ability to shoot and edit a screencast, respond to customer feedback, and work on the messaging/marketing. Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted – [Filled] I’ve been contacted by a colleague who has been working on a SaaS application in a fairly large market.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 30, 2010

However, if they check their analytics and they have more than a few people hitting their site with 1024 or below, they should adjust the design. #4 IMO this is fine since they are selling to a techie audience. 4 Chris on 03.31.10 at 1:55 am I’m enjoying the reviews. 5 Craig on 04.01.10 at 3:01 am Great reviews.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

at 12:09 pm Some good insights into design #6 Rob on 03.28.10 Do you have any experience with such webpages, any thoughts how high is percentage of users who donate money for the project? #4 4 Jamzest on 03.26.10 at 12:24 pm Great Review. 5 Jon on 03.27.10

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Software By Rob

APRIL 6, 2010

We all make similar mistakes designing and developing our own sites. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. 3 comments ↓ #1 Martin on 04.06.10 at 9:38 am Good and very useful review – keep up the good job it is really helpful! #2 2 Mitch on 04.06.10 at 11:10 am Nice info!

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

On the web we marvel at the forward-thinking genius of Paul Graham or the design expertise of 37 Signals. November 19th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development , Startups Building your startup? As a web designer I struggle to pull this passion out of people and turn that into writing/content for their site.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

Simple high level concepts like these need to be at the forefront of small-company and product design. #7 [link] #6 Michael Litt on 10.12.10 at 11:26 am Great perspective and connection Rob. 7 Secure Networking on 10.14.10 at 11:15 am That early Beatles picture is amazing ) #8 10,000 Hours « on 10.17.10 at 12:20 am [.]

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Software By Rob

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. 3 Rob on 09.29.09

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Software By Rob

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.

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Software By Rob

JULY 17, 2009

Top 200 Blogs for Developers – I’ve moved from 40 to 88. Paymo Time Tracking – A well-designed, free time tracking app with one of the coolest screenshot galleries I’ve seen. The Future of the Web is Small – A case for Micropreneurship. I need to increase my posting schedule.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

It’s written by an internet marketing consultant, but the message applies to web design, web development, and software development just the same. I’d like to know how you think this applies to software development. MileMeter – Auto insurance by the mile. 2 James C on 11.27.08

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

In an interview with First Round Capital, Dropbox’s Vice President of Product and Design, Todd Jackson, observed : “The PM role needs to be purposely flexible, almost by design. A PM basically sits at the center of UX, technology and business. You may have heard the quote: ‘The PM is the CEO of their product.’

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. What is the good balance between searching product-market-fit and working on growth?

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

If they find it using the YouTube (or other video website) search mechanism, or through a Google search then traffic would likely fall into 5 or 7, though video has a bit more potential to engage its audience than a standard web page. One good video on youtube >can drive huge traffic. Good point. 12 Neil on 08.23.10

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2009

Makes Fresno Web Design look like something out of 37Signals. Imagine, a laptop you could open on an airplane and not hit the seatback in front of you. A Look Back at the Internet ’96 – A short walk through the Internet Archive. Check out the awesome background on Pepsi.com. 8 Core CPUs on The Horizon – Even with 2.3

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I’m a 31 year old Norwegian software developer. By day I work in a small startup specializing in mobile software. This is very useful for thought processes like brainstorming, planning, outlines and design. Thanks for taking the time to appear in the Spotlight. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

So I spent time honing PPC, SEO, a new design, a new cart, finding more dropshippers…and I finally hit on the big low price guarantee revelation I wrote about in my blog. at 5:33 am Hey Rob, I was just wondering – where/how do you look for decent acquisitions? at 9:58 am [.] 6 Jannik on 05.06.09 7 Rob on 05.07.09

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. Startup Risk And Fear - crowdspring.co/IqILml.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Now Back to Software Let’s translate this to being a software developer / entrepreneur. MY EXAMPLE Let’s translate this to being a software developer / entrepreneur. February 3rd, 2010 | Becoming a Better Developer , Software Development Building your startup? Except it is not.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

For example, Toggl is a set of tools designed to help teams work more effectively: Its USP for its most popular tool, Toggl Track, fits in with the company’s mission to be effective, empowering, and effortless. The number of people typing your website URL into the search bar Overall traffic. Customer acquisition cost.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. As a developer I’ve probably had contact with 300 open source projects, components, and applications. at 11:07 am [.]

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! An acquisition is always a failure | by Jake Lodwick – [link]. As Web Search Goes Mobile, Competitors Chip at Google’s Lead | NYT – [link].

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www.theenterprisearchitect.eu

MARCH 26, 2014

Network virtualization is often referred to as Software Defined Networking (SDN). The best-known example of SDN probably is  Nicira , not in the least because of their $1 billion acquisition by VMWare. t be a surprise that storage can be virtualized too, and that it is referred to as Software Defined Storage (SDS).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.) The Customer Development process (and the Lean Startup) is one way to do that. What’s the customer acquisition cost? This is the most important sentence in this post and worth deconstructing.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Until a few weeks ago I owned one of the top ranking sites on Google for the search term “beach towels.&# As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. Marketing is Design. Note: by “Design&# I mean technical (application) design. In design, trial and error (a.k.a.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2016

Here are just a few promotion and measurement tools… AdWords : Advertise your app on Google search page results and on the Google Display Network (GDN). The developers can use Google Analytics goals to track when users collect a certain number of cards, upgrade a card, advance to a new level, etc. Acquisition and Segmentation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! From Deadpool to Acquisition: Lessons From Sprouter’s Almost Fail – [link]. Report: Search To Dominate Mobile Advertising By 2015 – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Marketing: Website Design Best Practices and Tips – [link]. Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link].

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

I first met Steve when he was VP of Engineering at Centerline software, a software development tools startup, and I was a junior in college. He was a fellow Harvard computer science graduate and I was looking for a summer job in software development and found him through an alumni directory.

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