Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

Some common themes from the discussion: Know Where You Are Going Before you can possibly make a choice around language and framework you need to ask all the important questions that are talked about in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything and Startup CTO or Developer.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

It’s called Startups for the Rest of Us. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. My new podcast launches today. Check out my book Like this post?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Some organizers don’t actually know—and they just decided to invite any random VC, software developer, or founder—hence their really boring, generic questions. It will cause people to completely turn off for the rest of the talk. also forces them to think about the same. 2) Think about the “Why” behind moves you make.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Solve the rest later. Entrepreneurs have to get really comfortable with rejection, especially as a first-time founder. This is what most founders do. As a founder, you have to be good at everything or at least understand every part of the business. Instead, focus on the problem you want to solve. That’s the tricky part.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ Ten Steps in Choosing the Right Startup Partner ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Others that are heavier on development. So here are some thoughts on selecting the right firm. Some will have some specific skill sets.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

There are traits that successful founders possess that tend to be weaker or absent in people who are never quite able to make it work. So today I want to focus on a handful of lesser known traits that will contribute to your success as a founder. Successful founders don’t tend to waste time. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

A week ago I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ How to Select an Ideal Startup Co-Founder ”. In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

Still there are some common signals / symptoms that I hear about from Founders/CxOs in companies that are the reason they are calling me. But please: Just because your development team has these symptoms does not mean that you have a weak development team. One of your better developers leaves. You need to dive in.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2019

Let’s explore why India is set to grow in the SaaS sector, what it means for both employers and employees and what the rest of the world needs to know about it. Therefore, software does not need to be bought at one expensive price, but rather rented in affordable monthly installments reducing the friction to use SaaS.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Isaac Cambron is co-founder and CTO of Zensight.co , whose pre-launch product enables sales reps to find and use their best content to close more deals. Below, he answers questions about developing products from scratch, as well as the difficult technology choices and tradeoffs CTOs must make. We did that for a lot of reasons.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted – [Filled] I’ve been contacted by a colleague who has been working on a SaaS application in a fairly large market. No obligation; the current founder will not know who you are unless you decide to contact him. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Check out my book Like this post?

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2021

For the bigger firms it is hard to separate how they’re doing in this space from the rest of their b business, but Appian and Pega offer a closer view to the progress in Intelligent Process Automation because it represents a bigger portion of their business. growing from $10B in 2021 to $13B in 2023. There are big incumbents in this space?—?IBM,

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The Next Web

JULY 18, 2013

Since then, support for the scheme has come along in leaps and bounds and it now boasts a 400-strong community of software developers, VCs, tech startup founders and other creatives. So already we’re trying to build that international corridor between Croydon and the rest of the world, basically.”.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

I know several people who have gone through the with great success and gone on to have excellent software development jobs. In this case, Coding School Rollup definitely rhymes with all the rest. Many are immersive and include internships. A few are longer than 12 weeks. I’d argue the 0.5x Or the ASP rollup?

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The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

But between visioning sessions, collaborative software development and Linus’ Law of bug detection — we’ve been taught to accept the wisdom of crowds as necessary to most startup decision-making. Investor and 500 Startups founder Dave McClure offered TNW a few of his thoughts. You know what’s cool?

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world. Out of a sudden, both startup founders and investors started asking themselves ‘’ What is our remote strategy?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The company’s marketing strategy rests on the belief that its products and services represent a value-added approach to interpreting, qualifying, and understanding the complexities of the tunneling industry and the construction industry as a whole. The three founders of DigitalTwin Technology met during the EU ICT 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

SLLCONF featured incredible entrepreneurs on stage to put those ideas to rest (watch, for example: Aardvark , Grockit , Dropbox , PBworks ). It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2013

Too many people make the mistake of forming a company and reaching agreement among co-founders without consulting a lawyer. In some cases, some co-founders leave (retaining their interest) and the rest are left to try to make the business work. Are these documents easy to understand and well-written?

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2010

A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup&# StartupSchool Online A/B Testing Class Video is Available → Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Out About this Blog , Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Reducing noise … should be a signal to rest of market … YC W13 Will Be Smaller - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link].

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The organizations that do manage to keep up are further driving change by redefining the technology landscape around their platforms, causing the rest to fall even further behind. Before Tasktop, I spent a decade building open source software development tools.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He's the founder of GrubHub and he founded in his spare bedroom and grew it to a multi billion dollar online food delivery. Marketing Podcast with Mike Evans. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Mike Evans.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. The founder’s empty nest: letting go of every detail. | Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link].

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In the first of a new series talking to tech industry leaders about what shaped them as entrepreneurs and the lessons they’ve learned in their careers, we speak to Netflix co-founder and CEO, Reed Hastings. When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO.

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,&# Things I Learned the Hard Way, and more… → Transitioning from Developer to Software Entrepreneur Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 22, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Software By Rob

JULY 31, 2009

Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

MAY 12, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 14, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← My Podcast Launches Today: “Startups for the Rest of Us&# I Need Your Help! Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Which Book Would You Be Most Likely to Buy? 6 Bruce on 05.19.10

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder.

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Software By Rob

JULY 16, 2009

This book is for software developers who want to start successful web businesses and includes interviews with Joel Spolsky, Eric Sink, Guy Kawasaki, and David Allen. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.

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