Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), With 115,000 employees Apple can barely get annual updates out for their laptops and desktop computers.

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Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

Recently our Bplans audience had the chance to attend a free webinar on Small Business Taxes, hosted by the CEO and founder of TaxAlli.com, Zach Olson. First, let me start off by giving you some more background so again my name is Zach Olson and I’m the founder and CEO of TaxAlli.com. The tax return is due on the 15 th of March.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While software plays less of a role in giving credit, you can establish where you’re having success with qualitative research. Review page speed on Pingdom. It’s a tactic used to great effect by SaaS founders like Noah Kagan , who has used his YouTube channel and guest blogging to grow AppSumo. Far from it. Singularity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

This article should also serve as a starting guide for programmers who are approached about becoming technical co-founders. Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. The UI is the 10% above the water.

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If all companies were essentially similar, but some through luck or the efforts of their founders ended up growing very fast, we wouldnt need a separate word. Google is not just a barbershop whose founders were unusually lucky and hard-working. Writing software is a great way to solve (b), but you can still end up constrained in (a).

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

But when executed right, it pays dividends. However, due to B2B market saturation, customer acquisition costs are rising ; this digital marketing strategy of giving a little and getting a lot no longer works. Attribution software will tell you if your website visitors come to you through direct traffic or organic.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

For example, a site outage may seem like it was caused by a bad piece of code, but: why was that code written? For example, I often cite a real example of a problem that has as its root cause a new employee who was not properly trained. If new employees are causing problems, that will be a routine topic.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Tom Carrington Smith, Co-founder of CharlieHR, wrote about the issues he faced with functional teams that lead them to restructure the business: We have the company set up in the obvious way. It’s a big commitment that can take up to three years before you reap dividends. So, a reorganization isn’t for everyone. Be accountable to KPIs.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’d like to take a few minutes to dispel the top five myths of software startups. Company founders don’t have the luxury of ‘diversifying their portfolio,’ so to speak. But VC’s depend on the founders thinking that a VC wouldn’t let them go down in flames.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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