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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Being iterative is not only for software development but equally important in being a startup. Within the next two years miiCard will generate significant revenue, gain key partnerships and start to establish itself as a new standard in online identity and trust. We have to think like a lightweight boxer fighting for our life.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. Austin is good at software, Dallas is good at retail, Houston is good at oil & gas, and San Antonio is good at cybersecurity (just for a few examples).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Students got the chance to ask Blinken directly for his take on their challenges, such as countering violent extremism and improving data on refugees who perish on their journeys. Activities are the strategies of what the team needs to do to deliver the value proposition on the right side of the canvas to the beneficiaries.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Students got the chance to ask Blinken directly for his take on their challenges, such as countering violent extremism and improving data on refugees who perish on their journeys. Activities are the strategies of what the team needs to do to deliver the value proposition on the right side of the canvas to the beneficiaries.

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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. Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Peter Thiel Asks Why Has Innovation Stalled | Collective Intelligence | Big Think – [link]. How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites – [link]. Red All Over: Newspaper Revenues Fall In Q3 – [link]. Seth’s Blog: Avoiding “I’ll know it when I see it” – [link].

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) No one asks, “Why are we executing like we know what we are doing? Was the sales revenue model based on actually testing the hypotheses outside the building? BPM vendor (every software vendor!) All of this is usually a bad idea.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

When I try to unpack what people mean by the question, heres my best take on what they are asking: "Look, Steve Jobs doesnt go out and ask customers what they want. He doesnt put out crappy, buggy products and then ask for feedback. Not even if its generating revenue. And he doesnt shy away from big-bang launch events.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Our tests suite takes nine minutes to run (distributed across 30-40 machines). You cant make these global efficiency improvements until you get clear about the goal of your development process. That leads to a seemingly-obvious question: what is progress in software development? I am not a developer.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. First Things First: Your Requirements You seem to feel that your project isn’t ready to move forward without a software developer (a “programmer&# , as you say). That may be attractive to some people.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

If it asks for a number, but they type a word, send them back to the same page but with a message.” Lastly, ask each one to send you a zip file of the entire source code after each completed milestone. Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. What happens next? needs to do.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

There’s a great quote that I love that goes “Ask not if you’re worthy of your goals, ask instead, are your goals worthy of your life?”. Ask [link] – you don’t need to be in the valley. Ask your existing users this question via a survey. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. It would make a lot of sense for someone else to just come along and build our hardware and sell our software without paying for 15 people doing development and engineering, but nobody did that. niyazpk 215 days ago | link.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Other than a second-rate musician, “Cisco” is descriptive of nothing, offering no hint as to the company’s initial core competency in router design and development. At the time of its launch, the name “cisco” was also confusingly similar to SYSCO, the $20B food distribution company. Ask for it by name! Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Henry , Chris Callahan , Travis Briggs , Nene Kalu , Nikolay Pohodnya , Jamin Wong , Nick Gauthier , Anon User, Andrea Narciso , Steve Shapero , Max Yankov , Christopher Wiley , Bruce Serven and Tony Karrer This question gets asked a lot on Quora, but this one strikes me due to the phrasing. Should I edit it to make this clearer?

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

Another great article is from Joel on Software called Duct Tape Programmer. If they ask for 101 new features, then run in the other direction and find someone with a troff of cash and build what they need. they even have a name for it , after having done some real-world experiments + it's context in software.

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