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Excellent Showing at 59 Days of Code Startup Competition

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Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Teams had 59 days to create a killer app.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

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Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Seven years later, they've trained about 5,000 students and created over 1,000 new technology jobs in Fresno. Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin are the founders of a company called Bitwise.

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Memorable Postcard from a New Mechanic | Software by Rob

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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? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Why Focusing on Traffic Can Kill Your Startup

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Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Almost no one thinks about improving conversion rates. Popularity Another reason people focus on traffic instead of conversions is because that’s what everyone talks about. Conversion, Not So Much. But conversions suck. Why is this?

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Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound.

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Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Makes Fresno Web Design look like something out of 37Signals. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

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Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong.