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Memorable Postcard from a New Mechanic | Software by Rob

Software By Rob

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? We just moved to Fresno, CA and I’m looking for a new mechanic.

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Excellent Showing at 59 Days of Code Startup Competition

Software By Rob

I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Teams had 59 days to create a killer app.

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Fresno State Student Entrepreneur Goes to White House

Campus Entrepreneurship

Mike Pronovost, a business student at Fresno State was at the White House last week with 100 young entrepreneurs. Pronovost has numerous projects in the works from some of the connections with the software industries he has made. via The Collegian ยป Fresno State student entrepreneur invited to the White House.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Seven years later, they've trained about 5,000 students and created over 1,000 new technology jobs in Fresno. A company headquartered in Fresno, California.

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Why Focusing on Traffic Can Kill Your Startup

Software By Rob

I’ve been reading Joel on Software for eight years and I’ve been a paying user of FogBugz for nearly four. If you can do this dinner is on me when you come to Fresno. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Great post. #5 at 7:32 am [.]

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Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound.

Software By Rob

Makes Fresno Web Design look like something out of 37Signals. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 | Software by… [.] 4 comments ↓ #1 NoahWho?

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

Indeed, I did buy my latest startup, but the deal was done from a spare bedroom of my suburban home in Fresno, California for less than most people pay for a new car. If you’re interested you can read about one of my acquisitions from a few years back in a post titled The Inside Story of a Small Software Acquisition.