Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” ” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software. operates at seven 9s reliability.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

First, developed country societies are moving from industrialism where standardized advertising worked to post-industrialism where the Internet empowers people, markets and conversations. I believe the Internet rewards original content and punishes unoriginal content , be it software, ideas, or products.

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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. at 3:38 pm I like Cranky Geeks, Internet Business Mastery, Internet Marketing: Insider tips and advice for Online Marketing, Mixergy, North Atlantic Radio, The Pipeline, and Venture Voice. #3 My new podcast launches today.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

Plus, starting an online business of course has it’s costs, but with a multitude of solutions out there (with Subbly being one of them) you don’t need to spend thousands on software development or marketing to validate your business idea. And rest assured that any young entrepreneur with a vision will not miss that opportunity.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. At the time no one (including Apple) knew exactly what consumers were going to do with multimedia, it was still pre-Internet. Little did we know.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I’ve been married for 22 years now and when I had my first company I just assumed I would run that company for the rest of my life and keep doing software development. Streaming obviously has the future and will be relevant as long as the Internet stays relevant. Even to me that is still an amazing thing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

So if youre new, consider not paying any attention to the rest of this post, and just diving into the archives, if you havent already. Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success. After all, how would Craig Newmark’s life (and the rest of ours, too) be different today if he had waited to build something with a high-quality design before starting his famous list? And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success. Ship it.&# Ship it.&#

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

Work and rest in a startup – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. PARC’s idea to reinvent the Internet sounds a bit confusing – [link]. Website Traffic or Conversions: Which Is More Important? – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

Finally, a day of rest. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds – [link]. Interesting that many small biz owners still not finding much use for social media – [link]. 70% of U.S. – [link].

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. So is the internet. Gigya’s mission is to socialize the rest of the web. Jinni isn’t a social network, it’s an internet application designed to fit how people relate to movies and TV.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2013

During that time, I counseled and represented clients (from small businesses to internet startups to Fortune 100 companies) in transactional matters and in complex trials all over the United States. In some cases, some co-founders leave (retaining their interest) and the rest are left to try to make the business work.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Even if SJ has some unique "process" that enables him to come up with killer products (I suspect he is just wired differently from most people and probably has no real idea of how he does it to a point where it is teachable), that doesn't mean that the Lean Startup/Steve Blank's ideas etc have less of a value for the rest of us.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Our first thought was to spread the news ourselves, perhaps in a press release or a “white paper,” (remember this was pre-Internet.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

You can fit most of the rest of the world into the African continent’s landmass. The Internet is trying to tell us something – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The full graphic is in the Fun section below.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time).

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. You can find a lot of great videos, blogs and books on the Internet, but there is still no replacement for direct one-on-one mentoring.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. The only way to build a successful best of breed solution is to create significant value for your customers by solving a big enough problem in a way the rest of the market can’t.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. Google Takes Home Half of Worldwide Mobile Internet Ad Revenues | eMarketer – [link]. 30 Fresh Useful Resources for Developers and Designers | TechnoGerms – [link]. When Will Desktop Ad Spending Peak?

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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. A few companies got bought before the whole Internet-bubble thing fell apart, and we almost managed to get bought (for around $500 million, but that’s another story for another day.).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

As a consumer internet company with millions of customers, it may seem to have little relevancy for an enterprise software company with only a handful of potential customers, or a computer security company whose customers demand a rigorous audit before accepting a new release. Why do software developers think this is acceptable?

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

The internet has created an unprecedented opportunity for solo technologists known as micropreneurs to conceptualize, create, and launch products that make a difference. It wasn’t until the past decade that a designer or developer could leave the safety of a salaried position in pursuit of a career as a solo entrepreneur.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 21, 2010

The internet brings this out more than any other medium I’ve seen; at no point in history have so many Monday morning quarterbacks been able to get together and toss insults at anyone who’s doing anything original, creative, or unique. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. What’s hard…is doing something.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The internet has created a new industrial revolution – [link]. Why the tech industry needs to let Steve Jobs rest in peace – [link]. Exquisite Sidebar Design in Website Layouts – [link].

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. The popular 15 minutes of fame became 5 seconds of fame in the era of internet. The competition will be less and your conversion rates will be orders of magnitude higher. September 23rd, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2020

As I’m a software developer by trade, Bitcoin spiked my interest early on as it’s an amazing piece of technology. It’s an ever-evolving piece of technology, disrupting the world as we know it and in my opinion, is quite possibly the biggest innovation since the internet. Thanks to Thibaud Clement, Loomly ! #14-

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Software By Rob

MARCH 23, 2010

Internet Marketing: Insider Tips and Advice for Online Marketing March 23rd, 2010 | Micropreneurship Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. If you’re into this new-fangled podcasting thingy you can hear me talk about Micropreneurship in two recent interviews: NET Rocks! Check out my book Like this post?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

The software development landscape has changed a lot in that time, but time-honored principles remain so. Here’s my take on an updated Joel Test for 2017, based on my career experience and how we build software at VidiGuard. Discussion of the rest follows. Remember: The internet has made defensive writers of us all.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. In the worst case, attackers root every unpatched Rails app on the Internet. Any of these applications which are publicly routable on the Internet will be compromised. Greatest Hits. by Patrick.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 4, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I’m preparing myself for the flames as I write this. August 4th, 2010 | About this Blog Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

After saying I wanted to develop a product that would make a client’s glossy and then she would just toss it around (I like careless hair) I said I didn’t know what to call it and said you just called it yourself – GLOSS & TOSS. The rest is history. After all, why would you want to stand out on the internet?

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The masses have grown weary of the blog “fad” just as they grew weary of the “email” fad in the late 90s, the “internet” fad in 2000, MySpace and Friendster in 2007/2008, and how they’ll grow tired of the Facebook and Twitter fads in 2010 and move on to something else. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. 4 John Evans on 10.28.09

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Software By Rob

JUNE 24, 2010

Micropreneurs tend to own microISVs, whereas this new concept…this Internet Business Investor might own e-commerce sites, ebooks, and AdWords sites. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Think Warren Buffett’s buy-and-hold approach vs. speculation (aka “flipping&# ). He looks at websites purely as investments.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

My favorite quote: “Incidentally, I don’t feel any rancor at folks who believe that everything should be free on the Internet. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. What My User Survey Taught Me – Insights from Patrick McKenzie. I just will not accommodate your preferences. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

With the goal of increasing the conversion rate I read piles of books on internet marketing , web analytics , and copywriting. As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. With enough visitors, your internet marketing test cycle can be as short as a few days. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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