Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Don’t outsource your core competency. It’s like giving up control of your company.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

We found most unfunded or under-funded startups unable to compete with larger budgets, backed by some of the most prolific venture capitalists. Even some of the best idea-based startups are no further in process than a non-profit struggling to survive. That was before we even discussed the required software development.

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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?". The software is good — don't get me wrong — but what sets Peldi (the founder) apart isn't prescient feature selection or bug-free releases, it's his startling transparency.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

Research from Innoppl Technologies reveals that about 65 percent of sales reps who’ve adopted mobile CRM are achieving their sales goals; conversely, just 22 percent of reps using non-mobile CRM met those same targets. GDPR compliance. The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an issue small businesses can’t afford to ignore.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 24, 2020

You may already have some in mind or need to conduct a completely new analysis to better understand who you’ll be competing against in the subscription service space. Software development can be especially competitive. CTOs select their preferred software companies and vendors by referring to websites and online consultations.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

In the case of Freshdesk, their main competitor, Zendesk, is operating with a San Francisco - Copenhagen cost-structure and will find it harder to compete with this strategy. They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 23, 2012

Finally, you need to be very clear on your basis for competing as it is likely there will be many other coffee shops where you plan on opening. For Irish developers it is important to have a global outlook from day 1. The domestic market is small and does not offer the scale software companies need.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

If Marc Andreesen is right (and I happen to believe he is) then talented software developers will soon be the most sought after type of employee for just about any company, whether that company’s main business is building software or not. Get developers involved in the hiring process. Embrace open source.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

What I’ve found during the last year of running the Micropreneur Academy is that once you’ve seen hundreds of websites and run fifty A/B tests you develop a sixth sense about how a site can be improved. You begin to do this almost without thinking (unconscious competence for those in know).

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

BTW, do you have separate for lists members and non-members, for any given web app? #2 at 1:03 pm >>BTW, do you have separate for lists members and non-members, for any given web app? Despite low traffic numbers, it’s getting a good conversion rate. Next step: producing newsletter autoresponders. 2 Rob on 10.19.10

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

Betting on the Ponies: non-Unicorn Investing – crowdspring.co/1jqLtKQ. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn’t compete – crowdspring.co/1qp2jZ8. Solar has won.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I couldn’t believe how inefficient and non-transparent the rental industry was and I knew then that I’d one day come back to take it on. Clark: Competing through Social Networks. Anthemos Georgiades , Co-Founder and CEO, Zumper (Real-time home and apartment rental platform; $8.2 Prince: Business History.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

Our goal is to help non-venture-backed, bootstrapped startups, microISVs and Micropreneurs. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. My new podcast launches today. It’s called Startups for the Rest of Us. My co-host is Mike Taber, the guy behind SingleFounder.com.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The traditional method of product development, known as the waterfall model , the design and creation of a product follows a very liner, and sequential process. Though the waterfall model is specifically to software development, it’s core principles resonate beyond software and into startups across the board.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Bemoaning that non-technical people are the first to filter resumes is silly because it’s not going to change. To sort facts from folk wisdom, I isolated some features that were universal among resumes and would be easy to spot by technical and non-technical people alike and then ran statistical significance tests on them.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

If they had done it for the money they would have stopped long before they became an overnight success five years of non-stop practice later. Heading out from school to hone your songwriting skill is not on the radar for most high schoolers. But they did it because they loved writing music.

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Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

In a traditional business this means offering non-commodity products and services. The lesson: create a written for everything in your business, even if you’re the only person doing the work. Valuable John talks about having a product that’s valuable to your customers.

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Software By Rob

JULY 20, 2010

“How to Win Friends…&# was an eye-opener for me and in fact the very first book which was recommended to me ever since I started reading books in this non-fiction genre. I agree with Dustin. But books are vastly subjective! Your site-blog looks cool…I am feeding it to my RSS. Leave a Comment Building Your Startup?

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob [.] #2

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

They determine the general direction of the company and set the short-term and long-term financial and non-financial objectives of the company." Someone who has some background in software engineering and is qualified to write production code without much supervision, although they probably arent designing anything. Level 14 or 15.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The Findings Five days later Patrick had 250 responses and enough information to decide on a name, but let the survey run because he was receiving solid information from the other (non-naming) survey questions, as well as leads who were interested in being notified when the app launched. Product naming is hard. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

The companies that ‘rent’ these products on a SaaS basis enjoy the highest standard in software without the costs, risks and tech quandaries of in-house development. This Levittown model is the future of payments software. The build-it-yourself era of payment software development is coming to a close and for good reason. “We

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

A Weeding Out of Sorts What’s happened as the press has turned its attention to the next big thing is that the long-tail of blogs, the thousands of new blogs created each day by non-techies looking to announce what they ate for lunch has waned, and they have now gathered on Facebook or Twitter to talk about that important second meal of the day…among (..)

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups aren’t here to build a brand – they’re not Proctor and Gamble or Versace…as a startup you’re here to acquire customers, and non-targeted traffic is almost worthless. You’re falling into the “any traffic is good&# trap.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

, but informally I’ve observed the following things, which follow a pattern that can be identified and counteracted: The initial marketing channel quickly saturated , so growth stalled at a non-zero but unsustainably-low rate. The initial marketing channel was sustainable for a while , but got wiped away due to external forces.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? Are VCs going to be competing with crypto hedge funds?

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? Are VCs going to be competing with crypto hedge funds?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2016

It is very important to know and acquire the technical skills required to be successful as an Android Software Developer. While Android apps can be developed using a number of different technologies, most roles are for development using Java and Android Studio in the Integrated development environment (IDE).

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Look at the market size and the number of competing products. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface. If you require a non-disclosure agreement for me to simply even hear your idea, I’m going to walk away unless you’re a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates type of figure.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

This technical debt is the non-strategic result of doing a poor job. For established companies with multiple teams competing with each other, this may become a key problem because then it really is a public good within the company. they want to focus on, which they need to exaggerate each feature each week. See [link]. It´s strategic.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Our value is built on the non-technical stuff, which relies on a network of people and resources that have taken years to develop. > community for software developers to share revenue is kindof tempting to do, though -- samlittlewood 215 days ago | link. I was thinking similar things all the way through the article.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

It’s no secret that visitor data measured by Alexa, Compete and others is flat our wrong – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 40 Effectively Designed Non-Profit and Charity Web Sites – [link].

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

Then one day I read a comment on Darren Rowse’s blog by a guy who created a point system to keep himself blogging, consistently, and motivated and I was electrified by the idea putting “actionable guides and discussions” together with “measurable progress you could see, share, and compete with in a friendly way.”

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Software By Rob

APRIL 21, 2010

at 4:43 pm I’d love to write an automated comment moderator, which downvoted or otherwise penalized brainless and non-constructive comments. This post was cool to reflect on how much I’ve learnt and am still learning about myself, and people… thanks! #9 9 Chris Pearce on 05.02.10 10 Tim Cull on 05.06.10

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Consider this the Year in Review for Software by Rob. The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer “This advice is intended for someone looking to become a freelance software developer or web designer (or looking to start a small web design/development/consulting firm).

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