Software By Rob

JUNE 23, 2010

I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. The Categories There were two categories: zero-code and in progress. Zero-code meant you had to start with…um, zero code on day 1. June 23rd, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

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. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

Here the principles of finding any top executive apply, as I’ve covered in a previous article. Most employers, due to fear of lawsuits, will only confirm employment data and give you positive feedback over the phone. It is just really hard to found a technology company successfully with only one founder, technical or non-technical.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Reviewing CrmInnovation.com March 25th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 24, 2011

This is a guest article by Karl Falconer. Karl is a software engineer with more than 10 years of experience who specializes in agile web development and web services integrations. He authors a software development blog at [link]. What should I do next to keep my edge?”. The Product.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Business of Software 2010 was last week in Boston. The whirlwind of the conference was such that it took me about 48 hours before I could hold a conversation about anything but starting a software company. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Well…I’ve hit that point reviewing websites. I’ve recorded stacks of site review screencasts over the past four years, and I’m ready to take it to a whole ‘notha level. Send your URL to rob (at) softwarebyrob.com and I’ll queue it up to be reviewed it in a screencast that I will publish on this blog.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

There are traits that successful founders possess that tend to be weaker or absent in people who are never quite able to make it work. So today I want to focus on a handful of lesser known traits that will contribute to your success as a founder. Successful founders don’t tend to waste time.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 8, 2010

My screencast series Startup Website Reviews took on a life of its own rather quickly. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 30, 2010

Reviewing HowsThe.com March 30th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 1, 2010

Reviewing SimplyBill.com April 1st, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Software By Rob

JULY 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The goal of this article is to look at this decision from a number of viewpoints and to try and guide startup founders towards a decision that will make the most sense for them. As informed by agile software development , some of the basic ideas behind running a startup the agile way include: Welcoming change.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Should You Build or Buy Your Micro-ISV? A few months ago I received a review copy of Debugging Your Information Technology Career: A Compass to New and Rewarding Fields that Value Computer Knowledge.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. There were several great presentations during the conference.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted – [Filled] I’ve been contacted by a colleague who has been working on a SaaS application in a fairly large market. No obligation; the current founder will not know who you are unless you decide to contact him. May 24th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup?

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Software By Rob

APRIL 6, 2010

Reviewing NHProf.com April 6th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. 5 Things Founders Don’t Talk About | Forbes – [link]. “As a founder, your job isn’t to make a great product. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link].

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Software By Rob

JUNE 29, 2010

The early bird registration discount for this year’s Business of Software in Boston expires on Friday. In addition to speakers like Seth Godin, Joel Spolsky, Dharmesh Shah and Eric Sink, there are excellent networking opportunities with the other 300 attendees (a lot of self-funded software companies in the audience).

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

In this article, you’ll find out how a consulting CTO can help you, when to use one, and how to find the right person. If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence.

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Software By Rob

MAY 3, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Join My Online Split Testing Class on May 11th I’m Writing a Book: “Start Small. I will be speaking at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston this October. Stay Small.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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David Teten

APRIL 17, 2015

When I meet a founder, I often will make suggestions of people for them to meet/competitors to analyze/ideas to pursue. If not, that indicates that they may not be the sort of person who’s diligent about listening to the market. Quora is a particularly good resource for founder-related issues. Look for prior art.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When I talk to people who are thinking about launching a software product, whether a high-growth or Micropreneur endeavor, from time to time I hear that if they could get to the front page of Digg or get a mention on TechCrunch that they would be “set.&# Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson who recently launched his online mind mapping software ThoughtMuse. == Rob: Hi Thomas. I’m a 31 year old Norwegian software developer. By day I work in a small startup specializing in mobile software. Thanks for taking the time to appear in the Spotlight.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A better approach is to focus on your strengths and from there determine the method(s) that will work best to differentiate yourself from every other the freelance developers around the world. I increased by rate nearly 30% in 3 months due to the amount of work coming my way. In the end you have to invest time to build your name.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 22, 2010

After much toil, my book Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup is now available in paperback and PDF format at StartupBook.net. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And the look on Fred’s face when he was giving me the options was like something you see when you hand a developer a legacy website that’s suddenly started crashing under the weight of its own processing. People know when they’re in the presence of someone who really cares about their code/product/startup.

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Tip #1: Use a Custom Design I’m typically a fan of text-only newsletter email due to the challenge of getting things to display correctly in email clients. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. But the design of this email is branded, yet simple.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Joel on Software is Shutting Down. The first time someone pays you for software you wrote, your head will nearly spin off its axis. Long Live the King. 2 Rob on 03.18.10

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Why You Should Re-architect Your Career to Amplify Your Strengths Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Excellent resource for fast, free site reviews. Long Live the King.

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Software By Rob

JULY 31, 2009

Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. The Funniest Amazon Reviews Ever – 1,255 of them.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. This is a customer development problem. Most startups fail. Finding Product/Market Fit.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 10, 2010

Thousands of people who are better developers than you, are better at evaluating markets, and better at marketing software have built products and still work for a living. During his presentation at the Business of Software conference in 2009, Dharmesh Shah said “For your first startup, maximize your odds of a modest outcome.&#

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