Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Impact of Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Lloyed Lobo In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Lloyed Lobo. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company.

Community 54

Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars.

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Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars.

eCommerce 196

eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – [link]. Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Ultimate List of Customer Development Questions – crowdspring.co/1nHT6tS. Salaries Startup Founders Pay Themselves | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1nHU2OK.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! If your small business or startup sends email newsletters or other email marketing campaigns, what is the best time of day to send those emails? Here’s a summary – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! While struggling to build companies, some founders also quietly battle depression | BetaBoston – crowdspring.co/1mUNP1y. How Old Are Silicon Valley’s Top Founders?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars.

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Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

For the uninitiated, Zoho introduced a CRM system that was one-tenth the price of Salesforce.com and penetrated the lower end of the market using an Indian cost structure. They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 21 Reasons To Bootstrap Your Startup | ZoomShift – crowdspring.co/M5SXUd. The Founders Guide to Surviving Startup Life – crowdspring.co/1eYfYis. 1gBDzfA. .

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? To summarize: Anything that can be copied will be copied, including features, marketing copy, and pricing.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

My colleague Alyssa Powell, a digital media marketing specialist, recommended “ Life Is Not a Game of Perfect: Finding Your Real Talent and Making It Work for You ” by Bob Rotella, a throwback book on growth mindset. “It Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin. The Startup Checklist by David Rose. Body of Work by Pamela Slim.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Virginia Oregon 65

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. What is bootstrapping? Why bootstrap?

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Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The subject of measuring market size comes up every few weeks in my interactions with startup founders, and one point I always raise is the difference between a top-down and bottom-up approach. Top-Down The top-down approach is the one you would traditionally link to business school case studies and startups going after large markets.

Marketing 64

Marketing Software Review Matching Bootstrapping 64

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The embryos were combined to help scientists understand the role that specific genes play in embryonic development. 25 Awesome Free Google Tools for Marketers – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

In this installment we hear from startup expert Bob Walsh , whose many works for startup founders include: Blog: 47 Hats. Online guides and support network for founders: StartupToDo.com. What are the big killers lurking for the new startup founder? Q: You spent two years working on StartupToDo before bringing it to market.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. There’s also timing and trends, leadership, luck, and maybe even marketing. . Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software.

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Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

In our thinking, it boiled down to 3 tips we’d give to entrepreneurs considering whether to locate somewhere outside of Silicon Valley: Make sure that the business itself is a viable idea and that there is a market for your product or service.Research, research, research. Finally, recruiting talented workers has been an ongoing concern.

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Chicago Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 81

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duck Tape Marketing Podcast is sponsored by Podcast Bookers, podcastbookers.com. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 40

Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

Our goal is to help non-venture-backed, bootstrapped startups, microISVs and Micropreneurs. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Restful Software Review RSS Startup 46

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Andrew Ellis, one of the co-founders of SignNow.com, was so enthusiastic about his company, I’m going to let him do most the talking on this one: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? One example is outsourcing our original software development and it eventually had to be redone.

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Small Business New Jersey Internet Bootstrapping 105

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

plus it's faster and costs half as much ), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. All those struggling, bootstrapping, Ramen-eating founders?

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Company founders don’t have the luxury of ‘diversifying their portfolio,’ so to speak. They work at their company until funding is pulled, it goes bust, it’s sold, etc… It’s hard to be the founder at multiple companies at the same time. Myth #2: I need to have a perfect product.

Software Review 40

Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

In their quest for sustainable growth, the elusive dream for most first time founders is that first funding. This can either come from the founder(s) own bank account or from outside investors. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). high growth.

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Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Early Stage Cofounder 20

Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

You would have to spend millions of dollars hiring software developers, renting real estate, buying hardware, etc. just to build a product which you could then start selling (and in reality test whether there was a market at all). I fully expect the market for big ideas to continue to grow.

Boston 28

Boston Oakland Bootstrapping Venture Capital 28

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The Details It seems like it would be impossible to find someone to even partially fund development of an application. Here’s the deal: I work in the bootstrapped startup world and in this arena you don’t need $500k to build a product. As I’ve said before – market and marketing come before everything else.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. First Things First: Your Requirements You seem to feel that your project isn’t ready to move forward without a software developer (a “programmer&# , as you say).

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Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Labels: events 2comments: Andrew Meyer said.

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Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Well, that’s fine as far as it goes but when you’re a startup and you don’t have customers yet you need a way to bootstrap and that can feel awfully chaotic and wasteful. What causes projects like this to fail in traditional software development is that the solution is unknown.

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Agile Customer Development Developer San Francisco 111

thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science. In the cases of all the founders I just mentioned the answer was yes. This is better than hiring for a number of reasons: Hiring a good developer is not cheap.

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Web Technical Review Developer Cofounder 40

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Programmers, and certainly not the visionary founders, are the most qualified for that task. #6 And probably youre no marketing expert and salesman, either.

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84