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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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SuperMac War Story 5: Strategy versus Relentless Tactical.

Steve Blank

We had thought really hard about “ market type ” and decided to reposition the company from a technology provider to a solutions provider. Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Now this is worth stopping and thinking about for a second.

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The Impact of Community

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Lloyed Lobo (07:26): I truly believe that I embody it because if you think about it, marketing is taking up, look at 2023 because we went through this boom tech boom and then the interest rates went up and so-called recession. Marketing is taking a bloodbath in 2023.

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You Should Probably Send More Email Than You Do

www.kalzumeus.com

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Reports are valuable, white papers are less valuable, PDFs are virtually valueless. This is not some kind of scam that “works” on the technology-challenged. Greatest Hits.

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Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books

Software By Rob

But instead of spending hours reading the book, read a detailed review of the book, or listen to an interview about the book. Hit Meetup.com for starters, and search Facebook for other tech entrepreneurs in your area. Reviews help a little, but sometimes you have to sample a little material yourself first.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense. Technical Expenses A few of these apply only to companies that build software, but most apply across the board. 4 Inflecto [Software Developers] on 01.08.09 It adds up. at 7:30 am [.]

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

Business software is different and shouldn’t be treated in the same way as B2C. lincolnmurphy is probably the expert on Freemium in SaaS and he wrote a brilliant white paper on the subject- you should check it out! 62 Bookmarks for August 21st through August 22nd | Demian's Tech Blog on 08.22.10 at 11:15 am [.]