crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

For software developers 37signals has a great job board as does TechCocktail and if you’re looking for design talent Krop , Smashing Magazine , and elegant.ly There are of course plenty of resources available to you as you go through the searching and hiring process, but for employers these are a good place to start.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. Do an initial financial projection based on competitors’ prices, your development costs, and the advertising costs to see if your product is financially viable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

When I want to know about some concurrency issues between services in his cluster, he doesnt blink an eye when I suggest we get the source code and take a look. Hes just as comfortable writing code as racking servers, debugging windows drivers, or devising new interview questions. He throws off volumes of code, and it works.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Paid Search: Are You Wasting Your Money? Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes – [link]. How You Can Benefit from All Your Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Paid Search: Are You Wasting Your Money? Paid Search: Are You Wasting Your Money?

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Until a few weeks ago I owned one of the top ranking sites on Google for the search term “beach towels.&# As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. But the problem is that marketing isn’t like coding. Marketing Isn’t Coding. Design is a less constrained environment than coding.

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Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Let’s hit the Google AdWords Keyword Tool and find out how many people are searching for our key marketing term. Mistake #2: Using the Default Match Type Next, enter your term and hit “search.&# “Oh man, 27,100 people per month search for antidisestablishmentarianism. But wait…those are global searches.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 3, 2010

Being #1 on Google Doesn’t Matter – 5 Unconventional Search Marketing Tips – [link]. Being #1 on Google Doesn’t Matter – 5 Unconventional Search Marketing Tips – [link]. Being #1 on Google Doesn’t Matter – 5 Unconventional Search Marketing Tips – [link]. Is Social Media a Waste of Small Business Resources?

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The knowledge that you need 10,000 hours to master a subject, that certain trends become viral after the 412th person adopts it, or that you should make your product remarkable, is not going to help you launch. Nor will it save you a single minute during product development, or sell one more copy of your application.

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Founder Startup Software Review Software 78

Software By Rob

JULY 14, 2009

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 3:03 am To x: The point is that as a software engineer you get obsessed with irrelevant detail. . #10 at 3:03 am To x: The point is that as a software engineer you get obsessed with irrelevant detail.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Quora Home About Login Sign Up Add Question Before adding a question, search for it above. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. or 2) Angry enough to get off their ass and get to work by either outsourcing prototype development or learning to code themselves.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Google’s personalized search feature – [link]. Why People Hate Your Viral Marketing – [link]. Ask The Experts: Logo Design FAQ, Q&A, Tips + More – [link].

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Choosing Between Mobile and Native Apps One of the resounding themes for mobile software developers in 2011 is the debate between building a native app or building a mobile web app. While some developers are looking at ways to build hybrid solutions , this is a topic that continues to become more complex. Is the app a better UX?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

The Illustrated Anatomy of a Viral Pinterest Scam – [link]. Leveraging the Social Media: 5 Ideas For Your Job Search [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Ten Lessons I Learned from Shark Tank – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) – [link]. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. 4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution – [link]. QR Code-Enabled Condoms Let You Check-In When Having ‘Safe Sex’ – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Can enterprise SaaS products be viral? A very detailed look at Google’s personalized search results – [link]. How Color Affects Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | Search Engine Land – [link]. 47% of National Brands to Invest More in Local in 2013 [Study] | Search Engine Watch – [link].

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I’ve heard for years about the importance of finding a market before building a software product. Years later I’ve realized that the single most important factor to a product’s success is not the founders, not the marketing effort, and certainly not the software itself. “That’s ridiculous!&#

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