Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

Repeatable In a traditional business a repeatable product/service is something that does not require a high level of expertise and customization every time you make a sale. The sales process might be customized, but the product or service should be as cookie-cutter as you can make it.

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Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

Your team is directly correlated with the valuation of your startup. All of the above is true, but it is also true that many startups have failed because they hired too early, too fast, or fired too late. Many of the points below can be found among the best hiring practices for startups and there is nothing wrong with them in general.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Was doing some side work for a car dealership and another gentleman came by that car dealership just asking, hey, do you know any software developers that can help me with this project, and that car dealership basically made the connection and I was the technical co-founder that somebody else was looking for. Does that make sense?

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the best tricks I learned during our startup was a rule for deciding who to hire. The woman in charge of sales was so tenacious that I used to feelsorry for potential customers on the phone with her. And when businesspeople try to hire hackers, they cant tell which ones are good.Even other hackers have a hard time doing that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. 5 Hiring Mistakes That Can Crush Your Company’s Culture – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. ” – [link]. Great data – [link].

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Looking across these nearly 50 companies, the study finds that founding CEOs consistently beat the professional CEOs on a broad range of metrics ranging from capital efficiency (amount of funding raised), time to exit, exit valuations, and return on investment. If you do, hire him! This knowledge is nearly impossible to replicate.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Software developers are a hot commodity right now, and many of them know it, so theyre on the lookout for really stellar business people to partner with, not some run-of-the-mill, me-too idea having, 10k foot synergizer without any concrete sales prospects, marketing ability, or product experience. I am now pulling in 8 figures.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Mark Walsen Mark Walsen Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I think you would be better off hiring people, rather than trying to convince them to work for free in exchange for equity. There is also an industry of people who put up "independent" review sites and drive a lot of affiliate sales through PPC.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

if you’re just offering a product for sale? If it was free, the cost of support would be high enough I’d have to hire someone to handle support just for that app, and that cost would have to come from something else. #29 But if they have already parted with it, they’re much more likely to ride out the sale.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As the company announces its $530 million Series F at a valuation of $8.5 billion, it’s clear that Snyk is driving the industry’s shift to a new developer-centric approach to security and is now the undeniable leader in this space. That’s what I found most attractive about software development: building things.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

In this business environment, hiring a new CEO who had experience growing a company around a single technical innovation was a rational decision for venture investors. A company developing software would have to buy computers and license software from other companies and hire the staff to run and maintain it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Hiring for Lean Startups: The First Few Hires – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. If you’re curious how wi-fi was invented and developed, read this article – [link]. Fail Your Way to Success – [link].

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