YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

For example, Restaurant: From “Food and drinks” to “Relax and let us take care of you after a busy day”. Software Developer: From “App developer” to “We provide technology solutions to take your headaches away”. 3 One-page business plan. Develop a one-page business plan. Nuts and Bolts.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been through many months with them but because of lack of funds, I spent lot of time doing non-technical work for first 4-5 months, spending time with them on putting pitches for investors, cash flows, budgets, writing business plans, product prototype setups etc. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been through many months with them but because of lack of funds, I spent lot of time doing non-technical work for first 4-5 months, spending time with them on putting pitches for investors, cash flows, budgets, writing business plans, product prototype setups etc. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. 10 Things I Look for When Reading a Business Plan. This seems like a good point to summarize here what I look for in a business plan. . Second best are letters from future customers promising future business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Small business tips: mobile technology, the iPad, and your business - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Simple Squares - [link]. New Business Plan Format is Concise and Personal - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Copper Penny Marketing - [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. In hindsight, it’s understandable that friends and family were skeptical when we told them about our business. We also wanted to get our Spanish speaking skills from conversational to fluent.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: DressRush.com – [link]. Most businesses… don’t need more cash, they need more brains.” – @mcuban , [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs – Part II: research – [link]. Building Great Software: Less is More – [link]. Need a logo?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

you) has to recognize when debate, conversation, and analysis can’t take you any farther. It was during those phone conversations that I truly learned what listening to the customer really meant. I always incorporated this mindset into my business plans, right down to my daily activities. I apologize. You’re right.’

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

A business person may have equal or more valuable skills than a software person, but they are not universally understood in the simplistic way that software people’s skills are. Ask anybody what a software developer does and they can give you the one-sentence “makes software” answer.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

because no single other factor will impact your conversions more than having a good design. We then rebuilt it and added a ton of new features/opened a business within less than 30 days. Without a good team, you’re only as good as the slowest person, especially in software development. Skimping on design.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. This week, we discuss how a philosophy degree compares to a much more conventional business background: the masters in business administration or MBA.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. This week, we discuss how a philosophy degree compares to a much more conventional business background: the masters in business administration or MBA.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The biggest risk in our business plan is that we are relying to some extent on time over money, because were self-funded. We know of no-one making a similar product to us, but there are businesses making other kinds of products that would naturally compete for the same money from the same customers, which makes us mutual threats.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Customer Development process says preserve your cash by not hiring anyone in sales and marketing until the founders turn hypotheses into facts and you have found product/market fit. This “get out of the building” activity is the Customer Discovery step of the Customer Development Model.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Gather your market research, your business plan, and your prototype and make your presentation to potential CTOs. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface. Check out our most recent business articles and resources. Here are our most popular and useful business articles.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The One Conversational Tool That Will Make You Better At Absolutely Everything - [link]. “your business plan cannot be secret anymore.” Will 2013 be the year of conversion optimisation? 30 Embossed Business Cards - [link]. 35 Chicken Logo Design Perfect for Poultry Business – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

“your business plan cannot be secret anymore.” Will 2013 be the year of conversion optimisation? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Doubtliers: Dangers Learning From The Exceptional – [link]. Quora – [link].

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

This change that took all of five minutes to make, led to an 8x increase in paid conversions. Amazingly, this resulted in a 10x increase in paid conversions for the month. conversion rate to paid accounts initially and can convert 2% of the people that stick around for a year. Look at that again. That’s not 8%. That’s 800%.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Jokes aside, the top-down approach has its place in business plans and pitch decks commonly used to ask people for money. It then crunches those numbers together with an expected conversion rate and expected price to give you an idea of expected monthly revenue. But it worked for a lot of the dot com’s in the early 2000s.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How I can find the right investor (software)? No investor cares about a business plan. Will developers and designers provide services for a piece of the company? At the end of the conversation, ask them if they’d be willing to make an introduction. On your deck, or your business?) I like them as a person.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The thought that kept running through my mind as I read them was: “This information would be helpful if I needed to generate a huge business plan to impress a business-school professor.&# Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Or Proctor and Gamble. Or Panasonic.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Steve Smith • Nov 8, 2010 I've always thought that a funny thing to do would be to post an ad on Craigslist saying "I'm a rockstar developer who is looking for the next great idea. you can steal an idea just from hearing it, it is not really a good defensible business idea. Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Examples of Sign-Up & Contact Forms Designed For High Conversions – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to Write a Great Business Plan – [link]. How to Write a Great Business Plan – [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I also know numerous other programming languages and have worked with many software development platforms over the last 25 years. Look what happened to Gawker. March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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