ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Today she is operating at a 30,000 feet level, and I am concerned that unless she gets down to earth and develops more granular and specific strategies, she will not get anywhere. Jeanne's positioning needs a lot of work. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Although every organization faces some uncertainty in developing new stuff, the conditions are not always extreme. For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths.

Lean 165

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

In this article, I’ll outline how to create an agency content strategy that fuels your business development efforts and generates the optimal kind of organic traffic. Developing a clear content strategy. Mining your clients for pain-points, success, and topic ideas.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Much of the writing on startups focuses on two elements: finding product-market fit scaling the company once #1 is accomplished For product-market fit, we have a lot of source material to work with from the last decade: Steve Blank’s leadership on Customer Development , and Eric Ries’ on the Lean Startup ?—?along Stanford’s CS183c?—?Blitzscaling

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

than it is to explain how the 1999 UETA and 2000 ESIGN Acts and our https framework help keep us secure. Coming from the financial world to the software world taught us a lot about bootstrapping and finding valuable outsourcing tools. One example is outsourcing our original software development and it eventually had to be redone.

Small Business 105

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – [link]. gCons: Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers (100 icons + PSD) – [link]. 30 Useful Frameworks for Designers – [link]. When Designers And Developers Work Together – [link]. Logos are Dead? – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – [link]. gCons: Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers (100 icons + PSD) – [link]. 30 Useful Frameworks for Designers – [link]. When Designers And Developers Work Together – [link]. Logos are Dead? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth. These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Frequency of buzzwords (programming languages, frameworks, OSes, software packages, etc.). Or I can create a new, actually useful JavaScript framework. Or I can spend a year bootstrapping a startup in my off hours and get it up to tens of thousands of users. Powered by Reverie Framework. News and World Report).

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blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Next → A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks. CSS frameworks have gone responsive, squeezing content into a spectrum of desktop and mobile browsers with varying degrees of success. Traditional columns are less practical on narrow pages, and most frameworks turn columns into stacked blocks of content.  Google Plus.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule. And what of the product development team? Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Go on an agile diet quickly.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

Brian Clark: There’s two big developments that have happened in the last six months or so. As a bootstrap company without investors we always have to use cash flow as our development and maintenance funds. Developing your website is strategy now and developing your content is strategy and developing your SEO is strategy.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 11: Every Day in Every Way, We Get a Little Better…The Feedback Matrix, 1:1 Check-ins, “Hallway” Feedback, Performance Reviews, The 360, Soliciting Feedback on Your Own Performance, Crafting and Meeting Development Plans . Chapter 22: Forecasting and Budgeting…Rigorous Financial Modeling, Of Course You’re Wrong—But Wrong How?

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Gain valuable insights into the Miles framework, a strategic approach to identifying and leveraging your strengths. Through the Miles framework, they guide listeners to identify and leverage their unique strengths, turning constraints into creative opportunities. Should you bootstrap? So life is unfair.

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ConversionXL

MAY 12, 2016

In a perfect world we would all have the time (and money) to spend on research, design and development. Get the framework in place via template and then make your style changes to suit your brand and the campaign’s purpose. If people have the resources to design and develop a template from scratch I do suggest they do that.

Design 48

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Know who you are looking for : Sometimes people start off by saying “I need to find a Rails person&# – they’ve heard Ruby on Rails is a great framework for building web products, so they’ve pre-decided to use it. As Dave Troy put it, it all boils down to this: “In Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Cofounders Find You!&#

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

And sometimes when you get into self-development, like I did, and still I still enjoy a bit of self-development. Should you bootstrap? So that's why it's in between a business book and a self-development, cuz it's about the early stages of a startup. I'll take it going and so life is unfair. You designed it.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2022

Luckily, you can follow this 10-step framework to uncover why you were rejected and adjust your pitch. It might mean launching your site to gain early subscribers, developing a prototype and testing it professionally, or launching an app early in the app store to get pre-downloads. Ask why your business was rejected. Embrace rejection.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Well of course we’re focusing on this and that, and you can take a lot of times with frameworks or whatever, I say that doesn’t matter. As you look at business strategy, I’ve developed this list of just oh here’s ideas. I’ve used a lot of frameworks. I’ve seen a lot of different frameworks.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Too frequently, a concept is exciting but cannot be supported within the legal framework or is simply a recycled concept that is reliant upon ‘first mover’ advantage in their jurisdiction. Do this, and you will develop a loyal consumer base. Really get to know and understand them. Build a relationship with them.

Las Vegas 144

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. Even if there were fleeting thoughts of being bailed out by investors, they have now been banished and we are focusing on bootstrapping and making the model work with customer money." Chetan has expertise in fragrance development and the company is in a turnaround situation.

Networking 115

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I currently just started a tech blog to cover under the radar, bootstrapped startups and this is great advice for the startups I cover and my readers. I plan on bootstrapping my upcoming startup. More important that you learn Django or whatever advanced web framework your team will be using. Are frameworks the way to go ?

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 29, 2011

version of my syllabus for my planning class that has become largely centered around the Business Model Generation framework. Instead, students learn to develop a business model and pivot until the cows come home. Is it a great tool for developing a business model? I am refining the 3.0 Yes, but mostly if you work alone.

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Transformify

MARCH 9, 2017

Transformify Recruitment CRM started as a remote jobs platform but evolved quickly into an end -to -end Recruitment CRM focused on sustainable development and financial inclusion. Expanding to 150+ countries while bootstrapping would have been a challenge if their content marketing strategy wasn't in place.

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Curation B2B Aggregator Lead Generation 40

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. I call it The Stairstep Approach.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Eric asked me what specific tools Rails developers could use when building a lean startup. There are several good unit testing frameworks for Rails, each with their own devotees. Can't beat that in terms of bootstrapping. Conditionally using memcached in Rails development.

Lean 41

Lean Baltimore Ruby Maryland 41

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. I call it The Stair Step Approach.

Bootstrapping 36

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. I call it The Stairstep Approach.

Bootstrapping 27

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

I use “sales cycle” loosely – by this I mean the time it takes to get a product paid for, and so this involves both product development and time to get a check from a customer). On one hand, I know some really successful founders actually opt for a *longer sales cycle*. (I

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

I use “sales cycle” loosely – by this I mean the time it takes to get a product paid for, and so this involves both product development and time to get a check from a customer). On one hand, I know some really successful founders actually opt for a *longer sales cycle*. (I

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Brian is an independent software developer, entrepreneur and proud Longhorn. He cofounded the popular web application framework company Ext JS (now Sencha) and now spends his days building products for iPhone and iPad. I bootstrapped my first “real&# company 3 years ago. One of those entrepreneurs is Brian Moeskau.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

In the last two years, my productivity also improved when I started developing and experimenting with my own business ideas during my spare time. So far I have developed two projects in Ruby on Rails. and I have been a.Net consultant since then at Readify. I learned Ruby on Rails. My first project is Eventr.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By prioritizing direct interaction with customers, fostering a culture of innovation, viewing setbacks as learning opportunities, investing in employee development, and upholding integrity and ethical conduct, businesses can navigate the challenges of growth and achieve sustainable success. John (02:33): Yeah.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

In the last two years, my productivity also improved when I started developing and experimenting with my own business ideas during my spare time. So far I have developed two projects in Ruby on Rails. and I have been a.Net consultant since then at Readify. I learned Ruby on Rails. My first project is Eventr.

Ruby 28

Ruby Developer Product Caching 28

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The world has fundamentally changed — it’s a lean and mean entrepreneur’s playing field now — and too many young people have never developed the skills and the street smarts to compete. I know firsthand what it takes to bootstrap a business from the ground up. The marketplace we’re preparing our kids to enter doesn’t exist anymore.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

HelixNano was founded to develop cancer vaccines. Hannu and I talked about the process of vaccine development, how the virus works, and what it will take to launch a large-scale vaccine project. But in the face of this onslaught, he pivoted and is not developing a potentially promising MRNA vaccine for COVID-19.

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Founder Technical Review Leadership Software Review 60

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2017

E.g. you could develop a basic CRM system that would be free and charge for its customization according to the needs of a specific client. Steve Blank promotes this framework and it has been used by a lot of startups in the Silicon Valley. Free with paid services is another form of freemium.

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