Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product. Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? But I don’t buy it.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

Sure, there is Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ask.com and a few others, but no one comes even near Google in terms of market share or mind share (90. Global search engine market share in May 2023 (source) However, since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, user habits (and perhaps expectations) began to change.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

How Actionable Insights Can Help You Optimize Your Website written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Nils De Moor. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Nils De Moor, Co-founder and CTO at Woorank. Nils is an open-source aficionado.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

Small businesses and young entrepreneurs are in a difficult position in the market. You can find free software on the internet that does almost the same thing as your subscription-based software. Review if you need the extra perks of the costlier alternative, and see if you can make do with the cheaper one.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For example, they may avoid digital marketing altogether, saving thousands of dollars in the process. But when you cut something that is essential in business — it is problematic; digital marketing is the best way for a startup to increase brand awareness and attract new paying customers. Rely on Open Source Software.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

Product development involves the creation or modification of a product, satisfying a market niche or newly defined customer. Due to the fast silicone mold production, cast urethanes have very low overhead tooling costs, and parts can be produced and delivered faster. That’s why a machine operator is not required.

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ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

As a marketer, you want to choose a CMS that is not only easy to use but plays nicely with the rest of your team as well. On the other hand, if your team is familiar and comfortable using no-code tools, Webflow might be a great option. Image source ). Webflow pricing ( Image source ). Image source ).

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2021

Making Web Design Easier With Duda written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Itai Sadan. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Itai Sadan. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2014

If an IT investment does not increase productivity, drive sales, makes a company more efficient, reduce costs or opens up bigger markets, then it is incurring costs that are actually reducing profits. An example is the traction that Apple has in the small to medium business (SMB) market. Freeware and Open source.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The name is quite synonymous with the big data and is an open source application. The capacity of the software also allows handling a number of concurrent jobs too. Even though Hadoop is free to use application, it carries a number of complexities in handling the software. Conclusion.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

This is partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008, which led many companies to reassess their spending to cut costs. As a startup, you probably don’t have much money to spend on marketing or product development. Or you could use open-source software to develop your product, which is often free or low-cost.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As a result, businesses will require digital marketers to assist customers in understanding their new or modified offerings. Experiential marketing campaigns, such as live streaming of events, may attract a big audience to a business. As a result, marketing techniques must be altered to accommodate this new sort of search language.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Lets start with the original list: Do you use source control ?

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Work Less, Get More Done: Analytics for Maximizing Productivity – Patrick McKenzie is the embodiment of Micropreneurship; his focus on marketing, metrics and outsourcing is nothing short of impressive. If you’re having trouble installing an open source app, JumpBox is your answer. My favorite points: 12.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2020

The last couple of weeks have been quite a test for cryptocurrency markets in general and DeFi in particular. That means that, as you would expect, we see general DeFi interest rates skyrocketing during bull markets when people want as much leverage as possible and declining substantially in bear markets when betting cools.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2017

The prevailing thinking then was that the cryptocurrency market was going to be a winner-takes-all race due to the strong network effects around mining. But it does open the door to other players in cryptocurrency. What makes tokens particularly interesting is that they enable built-in monetization of software projects.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It’s the driver of both sales and marketing and establishes a 24/7 representation of your brand. One large advantage of WooCommerce is that it is an open-source platform, so there are hundreds of thousands of web teams who specialize in this technology. With an eCommerce business, your website is everything.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. 67 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Applications | Datamation – crowdspring.co/1yevQN7.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

If we can agree on these truths and what innovation is, then we can usher in a long over due, different type of innovation. Here’s the Sammatron definition: The implementation of better solutions to meet existing market desires, new market requirements, and even unarticulated needs. So what is innovation? .

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

This will be further enabled by automation and manufacturing where the low-cost labour market trading advantage evaporates. They’ll leverage their geographic monopolies and localised products, sell to global market places and compete effectively with cities. Countries will become more closed and trade less.

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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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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

In a market where Airbnb has practically stood alone, VRBO has been a welcome sight for many renters and property owners who make money off of their investments. Moreover, this platform disrupted the market twice – first with its DVD mailing service and then with its streaming service. Thanks to Carl Panepinto, Bumper ! #8-

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. 8 Steps to Mastering Time Management | OPEN Forum – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI), which is essentially a set of tools and programs that make software ’smarter’ in a way an outside observer thinks the output is generated by a human, is starting to break out on the global stage. For most in Asia, AI in its most basic forms is already evident in daily lives. Deep learning.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. It’s the old – 5% of massive market gives us a big number. Employed with a side of startup - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , March 8, 2010 Advice on how to balance the two.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Power of the Rule of Three in Marketing Your Small Business – [link]. How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. Those Millions On Facebook?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. New-to-the-world: strategic marketing for startups and small business – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Use Open Source and Cloud Computing. Every startup will use some kind of software: book keeping, word processing, presentation. Sourceforge.net has an index of open source options. For most things you need to do, you can find an open source and/or cloud version of it. Review your operating expenses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups - [link]. Google Web Fonts: hundreds free, open-source fonts optimized for Web – [link].

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 16, 2017

at the time and best highlighted in our end of 2015 review: SaaS 2.0, Despite the amazing productivity gains from open source, AWS, microservices and other new technologies, we have seen the time to launch extending and the cost of getting a minimally viable product (MVP) out the door increasing. Go niche?—?pick

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

The main contribution of the open-source Docker software is to simplify the distribution of applications by standardizing their properties and shipping them together with their entire environment in neat containers. A rival company has launched a competing version based on its underlying open-source code.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! UI Design Patterns: Open Source Design Pattern Library – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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