A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 22, 2012

I know, I know, I just said hiding your business plan is silly , but although I’ve shared our “secret” plan with dozens of people in person, it’s a little different publishing it in front of 30,000 RSS subscribers… at least, not yet.) There are some drawbacks here to be sure.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. It’s so blinded, it’s shocking.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If a software geek really wants to try building something for no pay, theyre going to work for themself instead of following another cashless entrepreneur. Max Shapiro s People Connect Staffing has an innovative program called Employees Without Paychecks. After a few months, the demo site won a business plan competition.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The thought that kept running through my mind as I read them was: “This information would be helpful if I needed to generate a huge business plan to impress a business-school professor.&# Get Some Assist With The Text To Speech Software Program « shiyan on 08.06.10 Or Proctor and Gamble. Or Panasonic.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> Thinking you should hide your idea means you should really look closely in the mirror and reevaluate yourself.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

at 1:59 pm i do believe it depends on your business model. as long as there’s some sort of try-before-you-buy, i think you can safely leave a fully-supported free version off the business plan. If a program is free and popular the support can take a lot of your time from the sheer volume. . #23 m3mnoch on 08.18.10

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