Software By Rob

JUNE 23, 2010

I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. The Categories There were two categories: zero-code and in progress. Zero-code meant you had to start with…um, zero code on day 1. June 23rd, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? See you in 2011.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

The trends shifting in the eLearning sector due to the influence of COVID 19 on schools and colleges across the United States and the world are shifting to a hybridized-online and in-person format. 16- Rise of citizen developers. One of the benefits of the citizen developer movement is that it solves the developer shortage problem.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The standalone apps support using multiple accounts, conversations with optional end-to-end encryption , and playing games. A chatbot (or bot) is a piece of automated software that engages in a conversation with people. Marketers want to reach more prospects, generate more leads, and improve conversions.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Reviewing CrmInnovation.com March 25th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 12:24 pm Great Review.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Business of Software 2010 was last week in Boston. The whirlwind of the conference was such that it took me about 48 hours before I could hold a conversation about anything but starting a software company. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. at 3:23 pm [.]

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Let’s start with how much value you think you’ll create for your customer if they use your product in terms of hours saved, costs avoided, extra sales, better conversion rates or whatever. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Do so at your peril.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Well…I’ve hit that point reviewing websites. I’ve recorded stacks of site review screencasts over the past four years, and I’m ready to take it to a whole ‘notha level. Send your URL to rob (at) softwarebyrob.com and I’ll queue it up to be reviewed it in a screencast that I will publish on this blog.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 30, 2010

Reviewing HowsThe.com March 30th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 3:01 am Great reviews.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 1, 2010

Reviewing SimplyBill.com April 1st, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Software By Rob

MAY 23, 2010

iMemories offers hassle-free conversion of pretty much any analog medium you have (even those old slide wheels and 8mm film) to DVD, and the DVD includes chapters every few minutes, plus a color cover with frames from the video. May 23rd, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

APRIL 8, 2010

My screencast series Startup Website Reviews took on a life of its own rather quickly. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark.

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Software By Rob

JULY 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. I recommend it. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When I talk to people who are thinking about launching a software product, whether a high-growth or Micropreneur endeavor, from time to time I hear that if they could get to the front page of Digg or get a mention on TechCrunch that they would be “set.&# Five measly sales. That has to win for the worst conversion rate ever.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Should You Build or Buy Your Micro-ISV? A few months ago I received a review copy of Debugging Your Information Technology Career: A Compass to New and Rewarding Fields that Value Computer Knowledge.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 6, 2010

Reviewing NHProf.com April 6th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. There were several great presentations during the conference.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 29, 2010

The early bird registration discount for this year’s Business of Software in Boston expires on Friday. In addition to speakers like Seth Godin, Joel Spolsky, Dharmesh Shah and Eric Sink, there are excellent networking opportunities with the other 300 attendees (a lot of self-funded software companies in the audience).

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Lessons from a “Pay What You Want&# Software Sale – A key takeaway: “Few people chose their price based on the perceived value of the game. Lessons of Failure Blog -A well-written blog about software development and project management. We are indeed moving to the cloud. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

MAY 3, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Join My Online Split Testing Class on May 11th I’m Writing a Book: “Start Small. I will be speaking at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston this October. Stay Small.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.

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bijoor.me

MARCH 26, 2014

Conversation Management. Social Marketing and Sales. Sales Activity Management. B2B Sales Process. Agile Development. Johan proposes a framework that describes the various layers of cloud platform services starting from virtualized hardware up to end-user software applications. Adventure Travel. Bike Tours.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. Customers Don’t Want Ads, They Want A Conversation | Fast Company – [link]. Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link].

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson who recently launched his online mind mapping software ThoughtMuse. == Rob: Hi Thomas. I’m a 31 year old Norwegian software developer. By day I work in a small startup specializing in mobile software. Thanks for taking the time to appear in the Spotlight.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 22, 2010

After much toil, my book Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup is now available in paperback and PDF format at StartupBook.net. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Tip #1: Use a Custom Design I’m typically a fan of text-only newsletter email due to the challenge of getting things to display correctly in email clients. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Despite low traffic numbers, it’s getting a good conversion rate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. “Consumers are embarrassed by their predilections.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And the look on Fred’s face when he was giving me the options was like something you see when you hand a developer a legacy website that’s suddenly started crashing under the weight of its own processing. People know when they’re in the presence of someone who really cares about their code/product/startup.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A better approach is to focus on your strengths and from there determine the method(s) that will work best to differentiate yourself from every other the freelance developers around the world. I increased by rate nearly 30% in 3 months due to the amount of work coming my way. And that’s the position you want to be in.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Almost no one thinks about improving conversion rates. I’ve been reading Joel on Software for eight years and I’ve been a paying user of FogBugz for nearly four. Popularity Another reason people focus on traffic instead of conversions is because that’s what everyone talks about. Conversion, Not So Much.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. 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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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

By now we’ve discussed the fact that you should first plug your funnel , then improve conversion rates , then work on sending as much traffic as possible to your website. But we haven’t talked about how big of a role traffic quality plays in determining your conversion rate. This is because the quality is so much better.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

We also wanted to get our Spanish speaking skills from conversational to fluent. I discovered this firsthand when I contracted a software developer to build a system for the English teaching company that allowed classes to be purchased and scheduled via web application. The key was to hit the ground running.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. family of brands), I was there to source the absolute best talent for the Product Management summer internship program in order to continue to push HomeAway’s agenda to develop a Tier 1 workforce.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Why You Should Re-architect Your Career to Amplify Your Strengths Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Excellent resource for fast, free site reviews. Long Live the King.

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