Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 13, 2022

Here’s the list of industries with the most optimistic future as suggested by entrepreneurs. #1- Entrepreneurs who can spur innovation and offer solutions to these long-standing problems will have an edge over others and be a part of a fast-growing industry. This satisfaction led to a record $24 billion dollars in sales for 2021.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Sales and Social Media. The most popular platforms remain Instagram and Facebook , but quite recently, entrepreneurs have discovered Tik Tok. Business Software Development . Software is essential for those who want to grow and develop. Social networks are a real breakthrough of the 21st century.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

The outdoor industry wasn’t helping itself, so he did what all entrepreneurs do: start a business to solve the problem. It’s difficult to be an entrepreneur — whether you’re a recent college graduate or have managed multiple companies. It’s why the average age of an entrepreneur is 42 years old. Solve the rest later.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

shows recommended by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Shark Tank is a reality TV programme where budding entrepreneurs seek funding from a panel of six business moguls to start or grow a business or to save their existing business from failure. Shark Tank. TVF Pitchers. Small Business Revolution.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- From personal experience. This helps them generate leads and sales. I’ve spent more than two decades in the software industry. When I first started the company, we used to take up pretty much everything in the software development spectrum.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

Partner 179

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 179

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Pre-Requisites of Funding.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2020

Software development is an ongoing project. Because you built your page in Kajabi, it is already seamlessly connected to everything else in your business, from your sales funnels to your checkout page, to your email marketing, to your analytics, and so much more.How are you planning to change your business with #KajabiPages?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the future trends entrepreneurs see in their industry and here are the responses. #1- I am a business owner who works to help entrepreneurs incorporate or form LLCs for their businesses. 16- Rise of citizen developers. 1- Use of cheaper online divorce tools. 8- Podcasts.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2021

Industries that spent most of the time in the background suddenly came into the limelight, bringing about new business opportunities for entrepreneurs to take advantage of. The eCommerce industry has seen a massive spike in its sales from the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Software Development. Food Industry.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Requirement analysis is one of the earliest and most important stages of software development. It not only helps you scope everything out but helps you to communicate your needs to your software development team. . It is important to identify and eliminate all unnecessary features during the requirement analysis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

Partner 140

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2013

When I was a software development manager, I tried to get a “bottoms up” time estimate from the team, and then pad it by 50%. Invariably we were in crisis mode by delivery time, and the common complaint was that “management” always forced unrealistic schedules on developers. Sales aren’t meeting projections.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Without producing physical goods, every entrepreneur now can succeed in selling other manufacturers’ products online. Even if you truly believe they can, your team needs to include at least one experienced team leader to guide the rest of the engineers through software development specifics. Set up marketing and sales campaign.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Code Collaborator is tool which helps software developers review each other’s work, just like an editor of a book. So the economics are obvious: If two developers would each normally spend an average of 30 minutes on a code review, once a day, that’s 20 hours of total time in a business-month. And we did.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

The decision to leave the security of a traditional job for the uncertain life of an entrepreneur is difficult. You’re going to make less money as an entrepreneur initially. It took me a long time to get to the point where being a full-time entrepreneur was ideal. Talk to other entrepreneurs for real advice.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In the first of a new series talking to tech industry leaders about what shaped them as entrepreneurs and the lessons they’ve learned in their careers, we speak to Netflix co-founder and CEO, Reed Hastings. When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2012

When I was a software development manager, I tried to get a “bottoms up” time estimate from the team, and then pad it by 50%. Invariably we were in crisis mode by delivery time, and the common complaint was that “management” always forced unrealistic schedules on developers. Sales aren’t meeting projections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

Partner 258

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Equity 258

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Guttula, Bizosys' CEO, and Karana founded the company with the goal to "simplify software development." The second product is 10Screens, a tool to visualize business requirements critical to software development, which tend to be hampered by poor communication among various stakeholders.

India 123

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". Does Apple win the hearts (yes, hearts ) of millions because of their obsession with design or because of their development APIs? Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2011

When I was a software development manager, I tried to get a “bottoms up” time estimate from the team, and then pad it by 50%. Invariably we were in crisis mode by delivery time, and the common complaint was that “management” always forced unrealistic schedules on developers. Sales aren’t meeting projections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

Hosting 248

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

eCommerce 196

eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← The Future of the Web is Small, Academic Earth, Beatles Rock Band, Top Developer Blogs, et al. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning. Why it Can Work Outside of Software Development.

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Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Software Development Process via Wikipedia. I’m continually amazed at the number of entrepreneurs who go for months into a new business without really keeping a formal record of money spent or assets acquired. Product development process. Invested Interests entrepreneur funding investor processes'

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. For enterprise software companies, this was quite far from the truth. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. On Harvard Business School.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

Partner 240

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 240

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

Partner 230

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 230

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Life is more fun that way.

Cost 220

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