Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The theme was "the future of software". He is a great speaker and I enjoyed the speech, but after 40mn, I was still waiting to hear about the future of software.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2009

Digital Products → Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 Cool News, Links & Reviews If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. “Front-End Developer&# Resume – Awesome. Perfect business model! Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

You Can’t Be a Wimp—Make the Tough Calls | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/H4gLnT. The Future of Business Models Will Be Centered on Crowds - crowdspring.co/16aTTiD. Sales Efficiency Benchmarks for SaaS Startups – crowdspring.co/1admuzC. 16aXflK. .” ” – crowdspring.co/19fkE20.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? But now she has the vision and ability to design her own software, capitalizing on modern trends (e.g.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? Collis Taeed 16th March Business Models 9 Comments One of the best sources of information on startups is the obscenely talented Paul Graham who has written a wealth of essays on the subject.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. . Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 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. Most startups fail. Facts about your customers don’t come from your friends and families.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? do something else.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

That’s the sound of potential customers leaking out of your sales funnel. After fighting tooth-and-nail to launch your SaaS business, the last thing you want is a leaky sales funnel to undermine all your hard work. Because even a small leak can snowball into a gushing cascade of leads, leaving your business bone-dry.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

These books are more specific and rigorous than your standard Malcolm Gladwell fare; things like Getting to Plan B , The New Business Road Test , and Business Model Generation. Massive markets that you don’t need to understand to run a software company. Or Proctor and Gamble. Or Panasonic.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

Book Review: Ctrl Alt Delete, by Mitch Joel – [link]. Inside the Development Process of Our My Analytics App | KISSmetrics – [link]. Create a Crowd Competition That Works | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Running a SaaS business? The Three Phases of Startup Sales – [link].

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

About the Author Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch , web based proposal software for designers. When he’s not developing software, he’s furiously working towards becoming a better Micropreneur. Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model. #5 5 Ben K on 08.18.10

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. Always use data, not feelings, to make business decisions – [link]. ” – [link]. Great data – [link].

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Knowledge of exactly what’s strong and weak about the code base. In retrospect, it seems totally natural that Larry Ellison transformed Software Development Labs from a consulting business into a software company called Oracle. Knowledge of every product and technology decision that gets made.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

If “Smucker’s” can be slapped on food and annually generate billions of sales, chances are that your company name, no matter how mediocre, will not preclude you from achieving significant success. However, if this is true, “Aardvark” would have been a more clever choice and equally as relevant to online book sales.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2010

Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Weigh the legal & business risks – [link]. Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Old Spice (sales have increased) – [link]. Best Practices for Preventing Design and Code Theft – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2010

Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Business Models: Users vs. Customers – [link]. Weigh the legal & business risks – [link]. Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Old Spice (sales have increased) – [link]. Best Practices for Preventing Design and Code Theft – [link].

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Transformify

JULY 14, 2022

When you choose some software provider, services or tools to buy, you want to know what is “under the hood”, is it a proven technology, is it a sustainable, scalable and modern software solution? In this article, we unveil some points about our software development approaches. It sounds good !

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

But for every entrepreneur who has seriously considered the pluses and minuses of working with a dev shop in the context of the specificities of their business model, there are five who are hiring a dev shop because (a) they are lazy, (b) they don’t know any better, or (c) all of the above. Sometimes, it just makes sense.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model. media management applications as well as a framework for developing custom apps.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 31, 2012

How Much Information Should you Give VCs for Due Diligence? Amazon Researchers Say Pinterest Doesn’t Generate A Lot Of Sales – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 42 Business Logo Design Inspiration #6 – [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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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

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