Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Polling code must be open sourced , can’t have propriety code. Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research - new turtle mascot, open source code, cloud services from amazon, telescopes.

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Tip #1: Use a Custom Design I’m typically a fan of text-only newsletter email due to the challenge of getting things to display correctly in email clients. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. But the design of this email is branded, yet simple.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. million in sales and selling an average of 1,000 items per day. Most startups fail.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

When Reviewing A New Idea, Never Forget Its First Impression – [link]. Why do we pay sales commissions? It’s no secret that visitor data measured by Alexa, Compete and others is flat our wrong – [link]. 40 Effectively Designed Non-Profit and Charity Web Sites – [link]. – [link].

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Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

Repeatable In a traditional business a repeatable product/service is something that does not require a high level of expertise and customization every time you make a sale. The sales process might be customized, but the product or service should be as cookie-cutter as you can make it. at 12:52 pm [.]

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Literally, it means that the attacker can choose to have your server execute any code they can dream up.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

Our goal is to help non-venture-backed, bootstrapped startups, microISVs and Micropreneurs. That’s why we’ve made it out mission to provide practical information based on our real-life experience as software/web entrepreneurs (20+ years between the two of us), as well as the entrepreneurs we work with in the Micropreneur Academy.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The Findings Five days later Patrick had 250 responses and enough information to decide on a name, but let the survey run because he was receiving solid information from the other (non-naming) survey questions, as well as leads who were interested in being notified when the app launched. had confirmation codes. #7

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Polling code must be open sourced , can’t have propriety code. Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research – new turtle mascot, open source code, cloud services from amazon, telescopes.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

If they had done it for the money they would have stopped long before they became an overnight success five years of non-stop practice later. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. But they did it because they loved writing music. 3 Brad on 10.11.10

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

As I was looking at traffic stats I noticed a huge increase in mid-November due to a number of write-ups on startup and web-2.0 But the number of conversions stayed about the same as it had been the week before, meaning the conversion rate (the number of sales per visitor) plummeted. Is this bad? at 6:32 am [.] 12 Neil on 08.23.10

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Memorable Postcard from a New Mechanic My Report on StackOverflow DevDays → Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. million in sales and selling an average of 1,000 items per day. Most startups fail.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 21, 2010

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 4:43 pm I’d love to write an automated comment moderator, which downvoted or otherwise penalized brainless and non-constructive comments. 10 comments ↓ #1 Neo_L on 04.21.10 9 Chris Pearce on 05.02.10

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

You own a wall of books, or perhaps a Kindle or iPad bulging at the edge of its hard disk with non-fiction you’ve earmarked for future reading. Massive markets that you don’t need to understand to run a software company. You’re a constant learner; a student of life. Also a student of reading.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← What is the Micropreneur Academy? The programming language is important because we provide the source code with every purchase…which created one heck of a mess for us a few weeks back.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I’ve heard for years about the importance of finding a market before building a software product. Years later I’ve realized that the single most important factor to a product’s success is not the founders, not the marketing effort, and certainly not the software itself. “That’s ridiculous!&#

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

If “Smucker’s” can be slapped on food and annually generate billions of sales, chances are that your company name, no matter how mediocre, will not preclude you from achieving significant success. However, if this is true, “Aardvark” would have been a more clever choice and equally as relevant to online book sales.

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Software By Rob

JULY 14, 2009

Start with non-critical tasks and be very specific in how they should be executed. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 3:03 am To x: The point is that as a software engineer you get obsessed with irrelevant detail. . #10 10 x on 07.15.09

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. 24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

About the Author Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch , web based proposal software for designers. When he’s not developing software, he’s furiously working towards becoming a better Micropreneur. while the paid ones want features focused its core competency and more integration options. at 10:31 am [.]

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? do something else.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

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. Look at the market size and the number of competing products. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. The article and HN are concerned with software.

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