YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. What’s more, cyber attacks are estimated to cost small businesses between $84,000 and $148,000, and 60% go out of business within six months of an attack. Regularly update device software. Get clear on policies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed. As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability. Centralized computing was giving way to smart, distributed devices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

The potential to democratise content creation, decrease cost structures and increase productivity are enormous and exciting – and scary at the same time. Furthermore, generative AI can generate entire paragraphs of text that sound like they were written by a human, as well as generate code for software development.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

JULY 10, 2012

Joel on Software. Software Inventory. Keeping inventory costs money. Inventory may have other costs too, like spoilage. Because there are costs associated with running out of things, too. The software production process has several major “inventory” accumulation points, itself. by Joel Spolsky.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Software testing requires smart people to develop smart solutions. CEO of software crowd testing company, testIO, Phil Soffer is one such person. It’s one of those things that’s almost impossible to explain to anyone who’s not involved in software, but our target market is people involved in software, so it’s fine.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Tools, especially broader tools like programming languages, come with a lot of baggage, an attitude or even a philosophy on software development. For example, we picked Clojure for our development work. it could also cost your business real money at a crucial early moment in its life. We did that for a lot of reasons.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Design, print and distribute. It’s now the name given to eye-catching and simple advertisements that can be distributed across social media, and not just in your city. Software like Adobe Spark’s flyer maker can assist in creating both digital and physical flyers. Flyers were once a traditional-only affair.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Then he'll describe his cutting-edge platform — cloud-based, scalable, distributed version control, continuous integration, one-click-deploy. Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” ” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2018

CEO of software crowd testing company, testIO, Phil Soffer. It’s one of those things that’s almost impossible to explain to anyone who’s not involved in software, but our target market is people involved in software, so it’s fine. The software business is very funny, because most of what you do doesn’t last.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

Get customers to accept invoices electronically to avoid postal costs and delays. There are numerous cost and delays when sending out a physical invoice. Then, there is a cost to deliver the mail to the post office or arrange for and ensure the postal employee picks up the mail from your office.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.) Finally we move to the left side of the canvas to teach the supporting elements of Resources, Partners, Activities and Costs.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

#8- Property management Photo Credit: Jaden Oh Property management is a good way to make money, especially if you already know how to run a business or are good at making software for property management. With the right property management software and some experience in the real estate market, you might find success as a property manager.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

Today it takes us now mere hours and costs less than $1,000. And solar energy reached parity in its price/performance ratio to conventional sources of energy like coal – turning a scarce natural resource into something which will be abundantly available at little to no cost in the near-term future. Today, with about 7.2

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For example, if you’re building a mobile app, then the key activities are: app software development, user interface design and demand creation skills. For medical devices it might be mechanical engineering, clinical trials, regulatory approval, freedom to operate (intellectual property) and figuring out a reimbursement strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2015

One simple method to reducing DSO is converting paper to email with electronic invoicing, which also reduce labor and material costs. The NACM National Trade Credit Report gives you a predictive score and risk rating on demand through your account receivable or collections software. a software development and distribution company.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Back then, an entrepreneur used a serial product development process that proceeded step-by-step with little if any customer feedback. Waterfall Development was all about execution of the requirements document. Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer. You could then distribute flyers asking potential customers to contact you about the service, and find out how many are interested.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

Keep this in the back of your mind as you think about the biggest transformation in enterprise tech; the re-platforming of corporate America from legacy to cloud/hybrid cloud and monolithic software apps to microservices driven development. Some call this “ambient AI” and I just call it software.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. Java EE, Java SE, Javascript, PHP, Software, Development, Software Testing, SQL. Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! Some choose consulting, but many more inevitably decide to build a software product. I build apps all the time, how hard could it be to launch a product? Congratulations!

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Work from home and remote work also significantly cut office costs. Instead of paying ridiculously high rent in San Francisco or London, startups and small businesses can spend on product development and marketing, thus tremendously increasing the chances of successful market entry and expansion.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing. Who recommends a sale?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs. Looking ahead.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs. Looking ahead.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Sidenote: If you run a software business, you absolutely need some form of server monitoring, because the application being down costs you money and trust. Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. OtterLogic OtterLogic is a marketplace for less than truckload freight shipments that increases profits for carriers while lowering costs for shippers.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. Providing a legitimate alternative: A user resorting to using ad-blocking software cannot be blamed – most often he simply has no other choice. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2015

When business development slows down. The big sign for us was when we had a hard time continuing to focus on our business and strategic development. Software development, customer service, operations, and order fulfillment were pulling leadership away from identifying new opportunities and building relationships to make them a reality.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

They start by demoing their skills on my project at no cost for 1-2 days. People in the Philippines or India or eastern europe are very low cost – $7-10/hour. I had a company in europe in the past and was very happy with the quality software we created. Hire them 8 hours at a time and review daily by skype, g hangout.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

5 Startup Costs You Might Not Have Thought About – [link]. Fully Distributed Teams: are they viable? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. . – Conversion Tips and Examples | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. 6 Secret (Until Now!)

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

The Facebook distribution dilemma – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Invisible bicycle helmet isn’t invisible, costs $600, and might not work – [link]. 7 Habits of Remarkably Charismatic Marketers – [link].

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