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If you build it, they won't come, unless.

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo. Frightening honesty.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. With respect to software testing, most developers acknowledge that finding and resolving a defect before integration tests saves time and effort. You can't mix and match.

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5 Ways Buying Facebook Fans Can Hurt Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

It’s often the case that the illegitimate individuals behind the fake likes and followers are professional hackers who use unsuspecting members of the public as their guinea pigs, without them even knowing a thing about it.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Start using some of those customers as guinea pigs for a self-serve version of the product. So heres the question that I pose to you - our startup helps software companies develop a scalable revenue engine in the form of software-specific hardware devices. People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc.,

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Money-Making Subscription Services (That You Can Start Too!)

Up and Running

Or, consider offering a subscription service built around a more unusual pet, like this “pocket pet” subscription box for guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, and other small pets! This list wouldn’t be complete without a few software subscription services. SaaS and app-based offerings.

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Twitter Link Roundup #153 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Have India’s poor become human guinea pigs? Some Of The Best Illustrated Poster Designs – 30 Examples – [link]. 40 Awesome Business Cards Design Inspiration – [link]. – [link].

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

software (freeware), which adjusts your screen color and intensity to the time of day. Another option for data input is dictation software and microphone, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking (~$50). We also encourage telephone headsets (~$90-250), which are more ergonomically sound than a standard telephone set up. We recommend fl.ux

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