Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Will your product serve better as a mobile app (which offers a better experience on mobile, yet needs to be installed and can be deleted on a whim), or a web app (immediately accessible at any time, yet less simple to navigate from a handheld gadget)? What is your product goal? Validate your product concept with an MVP.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Jeremy Rappaport is a writer at Fueled , the leading iPhone application developers and masters of mobile design in New York City. Home automation apps, such as Belkin’s WeMo Switch , or products sold on SmartThings , communicate with door locks or light switches to control your apartment or home from anywhere on a WiFi network.

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Internet New York City Technical Review Software Review 132

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year. This year’s hottest startups were all about boosting our productivity and well-being. Docker is an open platform designed to let developers and sysadmins build, ship and run distributed apps from anywhere.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sharing the stories of organizational failure due to a lack of enterprise innovation can create a sense of urgency in employees and make them understand the stakes. However, the product was ahead of its time. In PARC, Jobs developed Mac using available technology and went on to realize the potential of his invention.

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Software Review Application Development Technical Review Bankruptcy 190

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. A consulting CTO is an expert on the current state of the technology and can suggest the most appropriate development platform for your business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

35+ Free Mobile & Web Application Development Icon Sets – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Best of 2010 Tech, Year In Review (by @FrankGruber ) – [link]. HOW TO: Get More Out of Your Fonts – [link].

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www.theenterprisearchitect.eu

MARCH 26, 2014

Most people there knew the difference between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and therefore knew exactly what a PaaS company did, right? Contents: Layer 1: the software-defined datacenter. Layer 2: deploying applications. Layer 3: deploying code.

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Cloud Software Review Framework Java 48

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

Romania 62

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 62

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Because they wouldn’t have the enormous amounts of profits that they’ve been able to sink back into research & development. I was simply BLOWN AWAY by the quality of innovation by 3rd-party Twitter developers.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

One firm had a CTO that was chartered to run a group of developers. The CTO should not manage developers. The head of development spends his or her time working to keep the development team on track against a set of product plans. The CTO might have a lab (for test purposes, not production or QA).

CTO 40

CTO Technical Review Technology Software Review 40

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

Romania 36

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 36

venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The advertiser (IQ Quiz), will pay the Facebook developer (you) each time a user fills out their email address or phone number. Because social media is so new, and this model is so new, it’s much easier to setup a business model based on banner ads (all you do is sign up with an ad network and place the creative ad code on your site).

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Social Network Business Model Networking CPA 55

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. Entrepreneurial Development Firms.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

I admire their continuous commitment to improving product innovation around the travel experience, a standard that consumers have come to expect. The company has opened the doors for new and enriching advancements in the age of space development. Thanks to Ray Leon, Pet Insurance Review ! #20- 2- JetBlue. It’s very admirable.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Technical Review Non-Compete Software Review 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

words that reflected our product) and a row of ’secondary’ words that worked well as base words like stack, base, box. Trees, flowers, and plants all symbolize growth, so there were a lot of names developed around those. Do you find a name that is related to your product? Thanks to Stacey Grumet, Paper Pinecone ! #10-Number

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Application developers once considered their products as licensed in what would closely be allied to a single sale. Well, now we have a much larger group of products and services with and without the Internet discovering the same thing. The massive shift in revenue models in recent years. Call it the Netflix effect.

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Revenue Software Review Application Development Valuation 62

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. As you can see, not all of these multiples are comparable as some of the bubble era multiples were NM—not meaningful—due to negative earnings. When Netscape peaked in the late 90s, we had 90% market share and 50 million users.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

ConversionXL

MAY 14, 2014

Avvo – a legal directory, free legal advice, and lawyer Q&A platform – began focusing on CRO as they transitioned from developing a great product that started growing organically, likely due to finding product/market fit. I have a story about a client – $30 million / year software company.

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Conversion eCommerce Technical Review Software Review 124

ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2016

Note that I’m recommending Google products since we’re using Google Analytics throughout this article, but there are many measurement alternatives, like Mixpanel or Localytics. For example, you sell coins in a game or users sell virtual products to other users. Of course, you can also sell physical products in-app.

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Analytics Mobile Metrics Acquisition 48

css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

Web Development. iOS Development. I need a full size image of that product - here you go. Now I need thumbnails of related products - here you go. On a large project, you really need to develop a design system. Code clean. Everyone is happier when the code we interact with is clean and consistant.

Web 96

Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 13, 2017

With mobility (provided by smartphones) and mobile app development, people are more connected on-the-go on digital platforms. Primarily for E-commerce advertisers, who are in the horde of promoting multiple products from their store through a single ad strip. Such ad types are available in news feed, similar to page post link.

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Social Media Media Marketing Lead Generation 60

blog.adaptiveblue.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It is okay to go with a cheaper provider when you are just developing the code, but your production needs to run on a rock solid system. When your production system is not working right, you need help and you need it fast. Then you create an image of all of that, including your own software, and roll it out onto the grid.

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EC2 Widget Software Review Startup 40

leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

Someone uses your system, and their productivity means they don’t churn or cancel their subscription. Companies like Flurry do a lot of work in this space, and many application developers roll their own code to suit the way their games are used. Users buy and install your software on their device.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers.

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