Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

Ask early candidates how they differentiate themselves from their peers. If you already have some technical people on board, like software developers, and need a new manager, you supply the candidates based on credentials, and let them do initial interviews and make recommendations. Outsource your technical requirements.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. There were several great presentations during the conference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

Ask early candidates how they differentiate themselves from their peers. If you already have some technical people on board, like software developers, and need a new manager, you supply the candidates based on credentials, and let them do initial interviews and make recommendations. Outsource your technical requirements.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. If you plan to charge more than them I need to know how your product will differentiate to command a premium. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Do so at your peril. Going to charge less?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you differentiate from these? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? How do you make your money? How do you measure success? What already exists in your space? Who are your big competitors?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you differentiate from these? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? How do you make your money? How do you measure success? What already exists in your space? Who are your big competitors?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

In this fictional series, a disillusioned software developer Naveen quits his job via a drunken phone call on a night out. It will also help you to differentiate between a good pitch and a bad pitch which will be when you reach the stage of seeking investment for your business. The Apprentice.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

Educators are looking for tools and programs to help facilitate their transition into this new learning environment, making affordable to free software key to this niche industry. 16- Rise of citizen developers. This concept has been taking off in such consumer-facing technology sectors as mobile app development and gaming.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

I’m talking differentiating yourself from other employers in a purposeful, meaningful way. I’ve got two easy research tricks you can do to find out exactly how you should be differentiating yourself to make the best impression on potential employees. I don’t mean that you should start going into work barefoot or stop taking showers.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009.

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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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Software By Rob

JUNE 23, 2010

We judged based on a number of criteria, which can be seen at the bottom of this page , but they include things like usefulness, demo, UI, and differentiation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Diego Basch

APRIL 26, 2015

Over the course of the next decade (and especially in the software industry) this started to change. The best software developeres often had a web page or some online trace of their work. If someone asks me the question “I want to become a professional software developer. First, people became searchable.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A better approach is to focus on your strengths and from there determine the method(s) that will work best to differentiate yourself from every other the freelance developers around the world. September 29th, 2009 | Software Development Building your startup? And that’s the position you want to be in.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Philip Morgan: I work primarily with self-employed software developers, so I’m going to pull an example from their world to make this super concrete, and hopefully it’ll be relevant for enough other folks in your audience. Software companies do this a lot. Philip Morgan: Exactly. Philip Morgan: Exactly, yeah.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

People who are naturally talented still differentiate themselves by having put in the effort in the areas that are important for success. You’re not born into being a world-class software developer. I mostly subscribe to the 10,000 hours argument that Malcolm Gladwell made in his book Outliers.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

For software developers 37signals has a great job board as does TechCocktail and if you’re looking for design talent Krop , Smashing Magazine , and elegant.ly they know how to write (a critical differentiator when choosing between two otherwise qualified applicants), 2. are great places to post your job.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lloyed explores the intricate art of harnessing the community’s strength as your ultimate acquisition channe l, brand differentiator, feedback source, retention lever, and catalyst for transformative change. The funny thing is Lloyed Lobo without the E is not available with the E, some software developer has.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

It was summer 1986, the fall-out from Chernobyl was blowing over Europe and, after graduating in engineering science, I undertook a software development project for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. My first job was writing software systems to monitor the nuclear reactor core and to predict the future failure of cooling components.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The term Domain-Driven Design was originally coined by Eric Evans in his book, “Domain Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software” which came out in 2004, so this isn’t a new concept. At its heart, DDD outlines an approach to software development with a set of principals and tools.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

Another reason is that garage startups kick off their projects with just a few people in the bundle, and there’s no differentiation between positions. The same person can be a developer and a technical manager, while a non-technical founder is more likely to be accountable for marketing.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Your product must solve an actual need, have a profitable market size, differentiate itself from the competition, generate sufficient interest from your target market, be cost-effective to produce in a timely manner, and have a clear marketing path. If there isn’t enough differentiation from competitors, the venture will fail.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 15, 2021

It also demonstrates how important storytelling is to their brand identity and differentiation strategy. The main character is Jason, a software developer working from home. If nobody knew who they were, this vague messaging above the fold wouldn’t work. . Take animated short “All in a Day’s Work” by Mailchimp presents.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why Do Some People Learn Faster?

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Software By Rob

JULY 15, 2010

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. I too found the need to differentiate urgent tasks from important tasks, which is something many people never realize. 14 Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books | Software by Rob on 08.05.10

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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. 9 Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob « Mike Cane's xBlog on 08.18.10 at 10:31 am [.]

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Its purpose is to make sure that drugs, devices, diagnostics, and software products don’t harm thousands or even millions of people so the FDA wants a process to make sure they get it right. The pilot program allowed nine companies , including Apple, to begin developing products (like the Watch) using this regulatory shortcut.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Discover whats in customers heads, and tackle problems where design is a differentiator. The first gen iPod was created using OS and GUI software from Pixo, which was a little start-up (I know because I was an investor and on the board of Pixo). Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This success was aided by the fact that it did just one thing extremely well – its lack of extra features emphasized its differentiation. Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success.

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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. Patrick is the founder of Kalzumeus Software.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

Read the scenarios and give yourself points accordingly: 3 Points: You actually do not know any software developers. 5 Points: You are developing software for government or major corporate clients. 3 Points: You are pretty sure a LAMP stack is the pile of books on your coffee table, and Rails are what the Acela runs on.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Product leaders often believe it’s cheaper to buy software than build it. You don’t need a large development team or outside capital to build your own software from scratch. Gartner forecasts enterprise software spending will total almost $572 billion worldwide by 2022. Say you decide to build software in-house.

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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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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2015

I love how it differentiates my brand from my competition with its unique and strong visuals. When I started my software development company, 5 Nerds Software, one of the first areas I focused on was our logo. Thanks to Paul Ferro, 5 Nerds Software Development. #19 Thanks to Sophia Lemon. #13-

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

Tough to see how Foursquare will differentiate its location data service from other big players – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Looking for a data scientist? Here’s who you need | VentureBeat – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 7, 2012

The Death of Social Proof (as a startup differentiator) – [link]. The Death of Social Proof (as a startup differentiator) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Please, Can We All Just Stop “Innovating”?

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