VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

IM Creator offers high end web design for designers who need to rapidly prototype for their clients, small business owners who haven’t a clue of how to make a website, or for anyone who finds Adobe Dreamweaver too complicated. The team of 8 web designers and coders have launched the public beta in May 2011.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 13, 2014

They wanted to create a search engine-like site that would allow small businesses to find retail, industrial and office space in specific areas. “We wanted to create a more streamlined approach for small businesses to find work space.” “We got the ball rolling with this company,” he says.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 24, 2013

We''re aiming for the one billion small businesses out there who are too small to hire a CFO or comptroller." Do you have a killer team of coders, or are you the sales guru? Bam, done, I get it. 3) Why you? What is it specifically that makes you the right team for this problem.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Companies like Odesk , 99Designs , and Guru are empowering skilled designers, coders, consultants, and marketers to offer their services to buyers directly , on an as needed, per project basis. How does this relate to the talent challenges of small businesses?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

If I’m a small business owner, and many small business owners are listeners, what would a WordPress consultant look like and would that differ from somebody that just says, “Hey, I can do WordPress, and I can do, you know, I’m on Upwork, and I can do this and I can do that? I’ll scope it out.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There are six distinct organizational paths for entrepreneurs: lifestyle business , small business, scalable startup, buyable startup, large company, and social entrepreneur. In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

9 Recession Proof Your Programming Skills - Nick Berardi’s Coder Journal on 04.16.09 If this is something that you are interested in to put an end to your financial worries, get yourself registered with the Central Contractor Registry which is a federal clearing house for vendors and small businesses too. at 11:31 am [.]

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

The kids running amok within Quora (the website) insist on the quasi-fascist myth of the 10x developer who single-handedly is more productive than a whole bunch of incompetent coders (you can imagine the environment they come from.) When Zuckerberg started Thefacebook.com he was a PHP coder (translation: not a real developer).

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Since I’m not a coder by profession, building a website is out of the question. I started my business because I felt like I didn’t have as much of an impact as I wanted to in the small business I was working in because of the old school, bottom-line way of thinking about training and development.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

For the last 13 years, he’s helped thousands of organizations communicate with visitors on their websites, including many small businesses. For the last 13 years, he's helped thousands of organizations communicate with visitors on their websites, including many small businesses. Ben Congleton (03:41): Coder.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

[link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Kellie This couldn’t have come at a better time… I’m about to step into that small business selfemployment arena.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

In the article, Andrew describes growth hackers as a cross between marketers and coders. 5 Social Media Growth Hacks for Small Businesses by Forbes. .” April, 2012 – Andrew Chen writes Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing , which goes viral (2.4K 6 Growth Hack Techniques You Can Try Today by Entrepreneur.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. As someone who grew up using and ultimately becoming frustrated with the limitations of Microsoft tools, and grew up submitting and hating small-business expense reports, I hope I can convince you that we’re fighting for the same goals. the analogy of 1.6

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

have you heard of any luck using outsourced coders from India … or where do you suggest ? I’m not a coder or a designer, however, I learned enough to create my initial product for my online start-up. I’ve had some traction and have made a small amount of revenue thus far. Looking forward to Metabridge.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2014

Growth Hacking is Just Effective Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Therefore there’s a great deal of emphasis on the need for growth hacking marketers to be tech savvy or even coders. There are even several books dedicated to the topic ).

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Smashing Magazines editor-in-chief Vitaly Friedman will be speaking at the Front End Conf conference in Zurich, Switzerland. Lets grab a beer ! Smashing Job Board.

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Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

I can see where this would be useful to small business owners who have never dealt with having custom automation built for them. At this stage, its perfectly fine, and actually preferable, to use a cheap coder to just get something out the door to test in the market. None of which is to say this part is bad.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I don't think it's enough to have a business guy and a coder. Ron Williams , Have led a couple of small businesses. ) Downvoted: Dean Fankhauser , Nuji Co-Founder This is the kind of team we've built at Nuji. There is too much of a gap in between. Massimo Ciociola , music startupper love that post.

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