Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Contribute to development of primary business plan, with input on focus, costing and approach (platform, build vs. buy, resourcing, hosting strategy, time & cost). Design and maintain a roadmap of projects to meet demanding business objectives, taking advantage of trends and new technology where appropriate.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff. Sales and marketing costs.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. Our open source counterparts who did solve the scale problem, had some serious hardware costs to deal with. Looking back, that was a special moment.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

When it does happen, the associated businesses are usually extremely attractive, provided they have a way to monetize their customers. Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

Burn Rate 125

Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125