A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. That's what you sound like when you claim that getting a software patent will protect you from competition. Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. Silly, right? Except in certain industries (e.g.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Making Open Source Convenient: JumpBox – A startup focused on making it dead-simple to get started with open source applications, they create virtual machines completely pre-configured to just start and go (including versions that runs on Amazon EC2). Know Thy Audience – And look at creative funding sources.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

The Startup Success Podcast – After the demise of The Micro-ISV Show, Bob Walsh is back discussing issues affecting software startups. Open Source, For-Profit Startups – “FairSoftware is the place to start and grow your online business. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few weeks ago a Micropreneur Academy member asked about getting started as a freelance developer since freelance development can be more conducive to getting started as a Micropreneur. In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. Not a bad deal.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. It broke the hegemony that the carriers had over software on mobile phones and the industry will forever be changed (for the better) for this. Enter Burstly.

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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. An excellent presentation from a brilliant guy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Like a financial debt, the technical debt incurs interest payments, which come in the form of the extra effort that we have to do in future development because of the quick and dirty design choice. But there is more to technical debt than just the interest payments that come due. This happened quite often in the early days of IMVU.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Thanks to Apples iOS and Googles open source Android OS, smartphone and tablet apps have enjoyed a period of astounding success over the past few years. iPad and Android tablet apps for magazines have been a big trend over the past couple of years, spurred on by dwindling print magazine sales.

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Software By Rob

JULY 31, 2009

Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. The Funniest Amazon Reviews Ever – 1,255 of them.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 3) Raise capital.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 28, 2009

October 28th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews , Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. You can download the MP3 here. P.S. I did a written interview a few weeks ago for LocationIndependent.com.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc. it’s also a good example of hybrid sourcing…you can draft and get outsourced review.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

View Comments Watch Facebook, Groupon and Quora’s Founders Speak at Startup School [VIDEO] View Comments Mashable Weekend Recap: 19 Stories You Might Have Missed View Comments Groupon’s Founder on How to Get Super Rich View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp. Visit [link] / for more information.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

If you find you need a developer to work with you, do you reach out to a freelancer or do you call an agency? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section. Google’s App Inventor is a good example of a DIY tool.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Paired with our rapid incubation system for small cap private companies on their way to becoming public, as a FIRST step for growth funding, rather than as a last step for exit ROI, it's easy to see why the system we initially developed for Angel Investors is fast becoming a viable option for Venture Capital firms, as well.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? The highlight of the day was that I finally had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror and Stack Overflow. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The goal is to have split-testing be a continuous part of our development process, so much so that it is considered a completely routine part of developing a new feature. I had the opportunity to pioneer this approach to funnel analysis at IMVU, where it became a core part of our customer development process.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Or from selling your application to open-sourcing it? Development always takes longer than you think, you always have more bugs than you’d like, your mailing list is never as large as you want, and on and on. Or from iPhone to desktop? How about switching from building a product to providing services?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. If you prefer a face-to-face conversation, there’s also an option to search for a mentor by your zip code.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Develop and refine your idea. Create a sales plan. Develop and refine your idea. Are you an expert in short sales? It includes key players, industry trends, and estimates of industry sales. Sales and marketing plan. basic infrastructural costs like phone and internet service, invoicing software, etc….

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One Laptop Per Child 2008, and $19 Usability Testing WordPress Headaches with Closing HTML Tag – Any Ideas?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". How can I answer this question? Now Adriana has an epiphany?:

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

To compute the cost to acquire a customer, CAC, you would take your entire cost of sales and marketing over a given period, including salaries and other headcount related expenses, and divide it by the number of customers that you acquired in that period. (In This number is heavily dependant on the productivity of your sales teams.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

There’s also a searchable service section with advice on logo design, website development and a service request board if you prefer that providers come to you. Pros: The site claims to be “the world’s BIGGEST source of small business clients.” How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Today, a lot of the PLG SaaS tools require sales motion upfront because nobody understands those tools. Those types of tools actually require work in the initial days of the sales motion. The success of the foundation is can you get to the first PLG conversion and actually have a user or prospective customer without talking to sales?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. You can add a custom goal right in the code, and it automatically shows up on the report – you don’t need to create the goal first. The dashboard is just a plain list of tests on a white background.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Immediately noticeable in this list is the large number of cybersecurity companies, but equally impressive is the number of Israeli startups in the consumer space (Moon active, Simply, Lightricks, Minute Media, MyHeritage) getting to over $100 million in ARR.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Users can share UGC / UCC via social media platforms, forums, comments, reviews, and open-source sites like Wikipedia. The surge in UGC was due to stringent lockdown regulations. The UGC ad led to positive reviews. ?. Video Source. About 70% of consumers say they look at product reviews before purchasing.

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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. They’re the point of contact for the sale, but they’re also doing the substance of work for them as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. Morning in VC.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. Don’t skip this post because you’re not a Rails developer. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Greatest Hits. by Patrick.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Sure language has iterated, been redefined, shortened, coded… but the conversations are real and the more meaning and ideas are being exchanged. Does the store have an emotional footprint or large ‘sale’ signs? They have a willingness to ‘open source’. Micro Salons are starting to appear first on-line, and then in person.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Developers. Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. Gather quotes from multiple (at least 3) development companies for building a minimum feature prototype. Newsletters. Write For Us. Graphic Design Theory.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. The article and HN are concerned with software.

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