Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. Two of them made some major product directional changes based on the founder’s judgment and the feedback he was getting from partners and customers. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Work Better Now Visit WorkBetterNow.com mention the referral code DTM Podcast and get $150 off for your first 3 months. And don't forget that DTM podcast code.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Before starting an online casino take time to study the online software providers that exist. Determined to give their customers the best software solutions, they have support structures that give the best experience to entrepreneurs. The first move involves identifying a software provider. Setup a white label!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). I wasn’t feeling it.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. Secondly, developers are more productive.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Wanted: High Frequency Performance Operations Specialist at Two Sigma Investments (New York, New York United States). Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Or this: “Apple doesn’t do loyalty because they produce outrageously awesome products.” If you own an Apple product, you know what I’m talking about. On the operational aspects, 96% of members say it is easy or very easy to join the Fan Club and 92% say the checkout process is fast or very fast. If you want loyalty, get a dog.”

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. Are the logistics manageable?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The one major thing that Twitter doesn’t seem to have figured out quite yet is that platform thing or at least how to encourage a bunch of 3rd-party developers to build meaningful add-on products. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. a "jungle" stage company would have a lower quota than a "highway" company).

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www.joelonsoftware.com

JULY 10, 2012

Joel on Software. Software Inventory. There are modern algorithms to optimize how much buffer you need at every point (read up on Toyota’s lean production system and the Theory of Constraints to get started). The software production process has several major “inventory” accumulation points, itself. by Joel Spolsky.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Business Software. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This can often happen when there is a good product built but no real customer adoption yet. million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. He was to head up UK operations. We built 4 products simultaneously with no market feedback. This is what happened to me. True story.)

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Literally, it means that the attacker can choose to have your server execute any code they can dream up.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

They’re pulling in things like critical reviews so if a business is on [00:03:32] or Eater or some of these other — depending on your industry you know maybe it’s something like Superlawyers if you’re a lawyer. John: And where does voice search go with that? What results are you getting from voice search? David: Sure.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I wanna point out how to make money with your current products, man, such an important lesson about leveraging what you've already done to get more from it. So I kind of just like put the two and two together and created software for real estate. eWebinar.com. Like this show?

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Sometimes it can be so hard to truly optimize your sleep because of how inaccessible and expensive certain sleep products can be, so I wanted to work against that. I believe businesses across all industries can still provide top-notch, quality products to consumers, without forcing them to break the bank. Photo Credit: Tanner Arnold.

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A Crowded Space

JANUARY 17, 2019

In most marketplaces, we’ve been operating in a one size fits all mode. However, due to a variety of reasons —> the 5-star system does a terrible job at identifying the highest quality good or service. How valuable would it be if we knew a forced ranking of every software developer in the world? It’s probably one of those.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Magical, really.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

We care about our country and the people in it; if we were only in it for money we would move our production overseas. I started PromotionCode.org as an online spreadsheet of coupon codes for teachers out of necessity ten years ago with no idea it would eventually become a business. Thanks to BJ Nickol, All American Clothing Co. ! #2-

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

A friend recommended it to me, and it was the single most important thing I did on my journey as a business owner and operator. I used it for presenting new products and negotiations for future business. I took a course on innkeeping through a company in Florida, found through online searches and reviews. Know your competition.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They bought high-end car brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover thinking they would be able to successfully grow these brands using the same marketing and operational methods that made Ford so successful. The key learning here was that the techniques that work for mass-market products don’t work for luxury goods or services.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

John also spent several years at The New York Times Company at NYTimes.com running strategy, marketing, and operations. He was part of the management team that was instrumental in launching NYTimes.com’s first digital paid product and the acquisition of About.com. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

(www.bioquark.com) due to the fact that in spite of generating close to $1 trillion annually, my former industry was incapable of generating any cures for the chronic diseases responsible for the majority of human degeneration, suffering, and death. 10- Address financial and operating metrics. Thanks to Leo B, RoofCalc ! #10-

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? The one major thing that Twitter doesn’t seem to have figured out quite yet is that platform thing or at least how to encourage a bunch of 3rd-party developers to build meaningful add-on products. reinvented, with more people online and trained. The Present Era.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. Pharmaceutical & Biotech. Real Estate. NAME Comcast.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. deprecated the old feature-complete product (ACS 3.4) before finishing the new product (ACS 4.x);

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. In fact, I based myself in Toronto for a couple months over the summer there and did a product launch while I was there. THE POWER OF OUTSOURCING & CREATING YOUR OWN PRODUCT. I went to the U.S.

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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. eXpireTrack – Track and plan for the date that products are to expire.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2016

They support the notion of a product family or suite when the same icons and style are used in several places.” This time, with a group of software navigation icons. But when asked, a teenager born in 2000 was unable to identify it. Icons can be visually pleasing and enhance the aesthetic appeal of a design.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

We use QR codes to simplify the process. With 7 billion people on the planet today, there are more than 6 billion mobile subscriptions, up from just 720 million in 2000. We are in the “age of recommendation” Already, 69% of consumers research their product, service and guest stay decisions online. This is big business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I partnered with Stats Social, talked to 2000 American customers, ages 18 to 65, normalized to the census. When you're finding out about a product, you're sort of in the research phase. And then have a QR code that goes to that video like do it, you know, message it better.

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