thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? Sure, creating a custom community application can still be challenging, but services like Ning and Kickapps can also easily serve as a platform. Will grab your RSS feed too.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The blog Bootstrapping Independence recently posted a very thorough list of some additional resources and reminders for building a detailed launch plan. Consider thinking about different target "markets" for the news sites, based on an interest in the topic, the industry, the customer market, the location, and so on. Discuss.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. Take a look at Traindom. Sign up now!

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

); Login or signup Welcome | Logout Member Login Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. How do you determine who’s right for your company?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Whether you’re bootstrapping or have just secured a round of funding – chances are you want to attract as many customers to sign up for your product/service. Enable RSS subscription. This post was originally published on Paymill’s blog. One way to market your startup on the cheap is through blogging. Post to social media.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

L et’s face it: with the amount of information we get on a daily basis through browsing and reading news, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and other sources, it’s becoming increasingly harder to cut the wheat from the chaff. Tender – customer support. uservoice – customer feedback. Github – version control.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 8, 2010

For example, you know that to avoid social media shitstorms you're supposed to have stupendous customer service , so you claim as much on your website. We all have dreams of stratospheric growth, whether it's hoping the next blog post will get 267 votes on Hacker News and double your RSS subscribers , or hoping that the advent of release v1.1

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www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Im still able to surprise people who have worked with me for awhile with how quickly I can turn their feature ideas into something they can play with and show customers. For continuous integration, like many Rails shops, we use CruiseControl.rb - its easy to install and customize, but I dont think people are especially enamored of it.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Go there now » Sign up or log in to mint.com Updates Drop Your Debt to Win 2 comments How To The Top 5 Customer Complaint Letters — And What You Can Learn From Them 5 comments Investing In Graphics: What Is a Stock? Are you going after the same customers? No customers no sales, no startup. Live your life.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? David should use his credibility in capacity planning and convince a dozen customers to pay him consulting fees to solve their capacity planning problems. 30 million market?

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? David should use his credibility in capacity planning and convince a dozen customers to pay him consulting fees to solve their capacity planning problems. 30 million market?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Current and new customers care a lot more about product or service quality, and the value of your item. Knowledge is power.

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www.iubenda.com

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Instead of using launchrock or building a custom launchrock clone, we made the effort to move forward. We built our custom viral system based on the best examples out there, adding some further fresh ideas we had during the process. Follow this blog via RSS Feed. The viral system. Launch Plan. Here two major events happen.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

You can listen by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes , or it’s enclosed in this blog’s RSS feed , or you can just download the mp3 of the first hour. Because then you’d miss out on: Whether it’s better experience to build a complete, tiny startup or to do more in-depth customer development for a meatier problem.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Where they don’t belong is with a bootstrapped founder trying to figure out how many customers she can expect to reach next month on her shoestring marketing budget. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? In that case, bottom-up is a better choice.

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grasshopper.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Funded companies are typically a safer bet than bootstrapped ventures for two important reasons. Customer Spotlights. Has This Company Been Funded? As part of your risk assessment of a company, determine whether the company has been funded. First and foremost, a funded company has more money to work and compete with. Connect With Us.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. Don’t share the details of your manufacturing process with customers until you’ve locked up your intellectual property.” Bootstrap for years! Just get out of the building.”

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blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

 RSS. Twitter Bootstrap : Created by Mark Otto and Angus Droll , Bootstrap makes its learning curve worth the effort. Its extensive capabilities can be customized , although designers wary of option overload may want to start with the simplified “getting started” download.  Websites.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Clearly define how our product benefits the customer (our unique value proposition): If the visitor to your service doesn't understand exactly what the value is to them and why they should use you then they'll hit the back button. In one sentence, you should clearly define your unique value proposition for the type of customer you want.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Startup life is all about bootstrapping, but you need a place to work, right? “There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I was surprised by this, as I thought Seth was going to discuss another option I’ve seen used with great success: customer financing. Money and feedback from a real customer? These are two of the most valuable assets a startup can have.

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genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

GenuineVC - David Beisel RSS. An Entrepreneur’s Perspective on Information Asymmetry in Bootstrapping. A company out of stealth mode can be clandestine about an upcoming product launch or keep its beta version of the product circulated to a limited set of prospective users or customers. Previous Entries. David Beisel.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. 50 Stunning RSS Symbol Inspired Logo Designs – [link]. Apple Falls to Four-Year Low in Online Customer Satisfaction Survey | AllThingsD – [link]. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link].

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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. [link] Home Archives Search Game Who Is Shark SEO?

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. How to pick a co-founder?

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

); Login or signup Welcome | Logout Member Login Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Accounting, Billing, Invoicing, Estimating & Contracts LiteAccounting – Invoice and track payment from your customers without a bunch of extra, useless features. Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Getting Out of the Building Wasn’t Entertainment – Discovery and Validation Now that I was the master of the “facts” about customer needs in these specialized vertical markets , and with my team of vertical marketers , I thought I had achieved absolution and redemption. I had needed to ask customers four simple questions.

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css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

At the outset of a project is a perfect opportunity to build/choose/customize a CMS that works for you. How is the customer support at your hosting provider? First off, requirements are vital to ensuring the customer signs off on and knows exactly what they’re getting. +1 Need a guide? How do they handle heavy load?

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup , we outlined the process of bootstrapping your company into existence. Make sure you think through how you will administer the system, handle customer queries, examine user accounts, run reports on user numbers and website traffic, etc. Why Matt doesn’t mention an option number 3?

Web 40

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Paul Graham says : “ An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is that you know you’re making something at least one customer wants. Get future articles delivered via Email or subscribe to the RSS feed. This may be true, but not everyone has a vision of the products they want to make when they start.

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techblog.netflix.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The Netflix cloud systems group recently created a Cloud Performance Team to focus on characterizing the performance of components such as Cassandra, and helping other teams make their code and AWS usage more efficient to reduce latency for customers and costs for Netflix. This team is currently looking for an additional engineer. Older Post.

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Market By Numbers on Twitter | Entries RSS | Comments RSS Market By Numbers High-Tech Marketing and Customer Development Home What is Customer Development? Follow my posts with RSS Follow me on Twitter. Customer Development Help Affordable Customer Development Support! Please Share!

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Back to Top « Customer Service. Customer Center. Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. SMALL BUSINESS.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. great web customer acquisition tutorials. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources.

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