Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. 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). Consumer approach to software for business users. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear. About Eric.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. 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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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. A durable, trendsetting presence in the industry since 2001, the Atlanta-based firm sends over a billion emails per day and is the go-to choice for over 14 million organizations and individuals around the world. There are metrics to review.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? The highlight of the day was that I finally had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror and Stack Overflow. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

The first article that we wanted to talk about is one written by the founder of Palo Alto Software, Tim Berry. Your accounting software, you’re entering those numbers. We as marketing people and people that use the web tend to over-estimate homepages in terms of their importance because they’re the front page of your site.

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Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 5, 2012

CEM/CXM: SOFTWARE OR STRATEGY. He is right, and to his credit Paul saw the importance of customer experience and wrote about this in 2001. Technologies for CEM run a diverse spectrum of capabilities, from surveys to web content instrumentation to focus groups and secret shopper feedback boxes.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Perhaps in direct proportion to the number of “freemium” and “eyeballs” web deals funded.) For instance, I’ve been warned when being introduced by other entrepreneurs not to trust certain older VCs due to their disposition towards using young startups to do their friends favors, prove a point, gain some insight, etc.

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37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

This is Signal vs. Noise , a weblog by 37signals about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture, and more. Got a web design project in mind? Find a web designer on Sortfolio. ”), but the original 2001 iPod itself had nothing to do with the internet. Established 1999 in Chicago. Apr 27 2010.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2016

Before you jump in, check out this article, 10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting a Web Design Business —you’ll learn that the biggest competitor to your web design services isn’t other designers, but business owners who choose not to hire anyone at all. Do you have a car (more specifically, a 4-door sedan, year 2001 or newer )?

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects. Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

I think the one frustration, which Andrew Warner from Mixergy noted when I talked to him, was that there’s maybe two or three chapters that touch on SEO and web marketing kinds of things, but this is not an SEO-centric book. I dropped out of college in 2001, so this would be 17 years in. I don’t get it. 17, 18 years at Moz?

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

I came up with my business name, Kate’s Theatrics at about 9pm April 14, 2001. This slight misspelling of the word “code” seemed like the perfect combination of abstraction and substance. Instead of rushing through and naming my business Cory’s Web Design, I figured I should attempt to use some creativity to select a name.

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Up and Running

JULY 7, 2014

Not too long ago, Noah Parsons, the COO of Palo Alto Software, wrote about a restaurant business that had failed. Even though Palo Alto Software (PAS) shared the same building with them, the restaurant employees made no attempt to build any sort of rapport with the company. In fact, it’s a necessity.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

I’m a very risk adverse entrepreneur as a result of bootstrapping my first three businesses, almost failing on the fourth (Coremetrics) due to market timing (I was too early and didn’t predict the dot-com bust) and its overcapitalization, and being a mostly customer funded and very capital efficient on the fifth (Bazaarvoice). was failing.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. As you can see, not all of these multiples are comparable as some of the bubble era multiples were NM—not meaningful—due to negative earnings. And hence the great crash of 2000 and 2001. Much better.

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2017

This input-output pair matches our intuition about how software works. You can also do it, As Joanna Wiebe suggested, by scouring authentic customer reviews. In her KISSMetrics article , she explained how she pulled direct quotes from app reviews, like: “It was like having my own personal coach while I ran.”. “I

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. ” Thanks to Ajay Prasad, GMR Web Team ! #16)

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer.

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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. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year. 11 – Lesson Learned.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 6, 2012

Honestly your site looks very 2001. Note about your goal: People who surf the web often prefer to do it all over the web. And out of the blue you mention some software without giving a single hint what that is or why would one want it. Add more value! Where are the personalized detailed, recommendations? Testimonials?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 25 Examples of Professional Typography in Web Design – [link]. 25 Stunning Free Web UI Element Kits and Stencils – [link]. 35 Free Textures for Spring – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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