YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

Having a good job afforded me the luxury of giving the customer a heavily discounted rate in exchange for the rights to the software. Several factors influenced my decision: We had a number of customers for our hosted solution, so we’d validated our idea and business model. Seek help for things you don’t fully understand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Conflicting visions won’t work.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

When we graduate, we don’t really know what a “good customer” is. For Alex at Origin , a scheduling and booking platform for outdoor guiding companies, he soon realized that for the company to grow exponentially, they’d need thousands of customers because of how fragmented the market is. But he has passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

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Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Software Development Process via Wikipedia. Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return. Customer service and support. Funding process. Manage human resources.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". This is Part 2 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.???

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Entrepreneur 120

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

While some lucky startups attract angel investors or have access to money from friends and family, the vast majority are on their own, at least at first. So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing. “At

Technical Review 118

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development.

Startup 150

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Don’t believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and professional investors will throw money at you. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. Bill Payne.

Startup 180

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Transformify

JULY 16, 2019

Combining TERP's expertise with MentorcliQ's award-winning mentoring software to expand mentoring content, training and value for customers. Our software development team has achieved gender parity which is rare. Lilia Stoyanov is CEO and angel investor at Transformify. About the author.

Hiring 61

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. Austin is good at software, Dallas is good at retail, Houston is good at oil & gas, and San Antonio is good at cybersecurity (just for a few examples).

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Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

Buyer or user personas —fictional representations of your ideal customers based on their demographics and other characteristics—have been used successfully for many years in industries like software development, and you can find many resources and templates online.

Business Plan 92

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2019

Over the past 30 years, Brian has held senior executive software development and management roles in a number of industries/technology sectors including cloud computing, supply chain, healthcare, finance, telecommunications and utilities. Do you use any diversity hiring tools or software? About the author. About Transformify.

Technical Review 61

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

Crowdfunding works for creative projects - apps, consumer products, software - that resonate with average, everyday people. Crowdfunding] investors are not as sophisticated as professional venture and angel investors. These people are engaged customers and your most ardent supporters and brand evangelists.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors – [link]. The new Flickr: Goodbye customers, hello ads | TechHive by Derek Powazek – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Adweek – [link].

Social Media 93

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. “3 Types of Angel Investors and How to Pick the Right One (or Two)&# - [link]. Why you should challenge your customers’ assumptions – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

The Other 1% – Ranking The Top 20 Angel Investors | 500 Startups – crowdspring.co/1is3Iiw. Everyone in SaaS Needs to Do Customer Support. Why You’ll Want to Raise $100,000,000 for Your SaaS Start-Up: The Incremental Customer | saastr – crowdspring.co/1rSAVGF. The Perils of Founder Fighting – crowdspring.co/1qnNtlJ.

Social Media 97

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Small Business and Startups: Slice & Dice Your Customer Service Data | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. Is The Only Purpose of Customer Service To Change Feelings? How Customers evaluate your product | StartupCFO – [link]. Using mTurk to interview 100 customers (in 4 hours) | Customer Development Labs - [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Startup (and Small Business) Tips: Ask Your Customers For Feedback. Startup Tips: Ask Your Customers For Feedback. Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Then Act - [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. The woman in charge of sales was so tenacious that I used to feelsorry for potential customers on the phone with her. A startup that does all three willprobably succeed.

Startup 105

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davetroy.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness Design, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Software home Twittervision Flickrvision About @davetroy ← Start By Taking Action A New Plan for Economic Development → In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU! If you build something awesome, customers will find you. Try again later.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Talk to your customers. Your existing customers are you best source of referals – just ask.

Technical Review 44

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

If you want to serve enterprise customers,NET is one of the best ways to do that and do it well. The tools which you find restrictive I consider a huge timesaver (which paying customers tend to appreciate)… they allow me to rapidly prototype and get solutions to customers. Look what happened to Gawker. Sjoerd Franken.

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