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4 Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

The Startup Magazine

However, many entrepreneurs have a fair share of beliefs and misconceptions about web design and development. These misconceptions are a result of a lack of understanding and knowledge about how web design and development work. Misconception #1: It’s Easy – Anyone can Build a Website. Image source: Pixabay.com.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. One of the problems they run into is building a web site. Step 3: Website Logistics. Step 4: Build a Low-Fidelity Web Site.

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Understanding How to Implement Content Marketing Effectively

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Many feel like it is just a buzzword made up by salespeople trying to pitch another consulting gimmick for website development. Despite the stories of a sudden “viral” response that takes the Internet by storm, 99 percent of successful sites rely on hard work that consists of linking, back-linking and networking.

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Critical Marketing For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Building a professional website, user-friendly site is a somewhat more complicated undertaking, but is absolutely crucial for any business wishing to operate in the digital world. If you choose not to hire a professional web developer for your site design, consider some of the business websites that you have visited as a customer.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Convenience First and foremost, you must decided whether to work with individuals or development companies. Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP).

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Challenge of Predicting Winners

SoCal CTO

As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.