Feld Thoughts

MAY 3, 2012

Once again we are in a zone where hiring software developers is incredibly challenging. The market is fully employed and while there is some movement between companies, great developers tend to be decided to what they are doing for a while, especially in an entrepreneurial context.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I can’t remember how many times at Smart Bear I tried to sell Code Collaborator with the argument that it “saves you money.” Code Collaborator is tool which helps software developers review each other’s work, just like an editor of a book. But the marketing budget is still $30k.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With the rapid shift in the digital space, there has been a high demand for skilled software developers. Hence, this article will explore the concept of remote software development teams, their advantages, and how they differ from dedicated teams while providing a step-by-step guide on building your own remote dream team.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Neil Patel is an outstanding, globally revered marketer who can teach you plenty about content marketing, PPC, SEO, and other digital marketing channels to help your business thrive. Neil didn’t become a multi-millionaire thought leader and digital marketer to big corporations overnight. You might even want to take notes.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. Review the code being built. WordPress - we spent quite a bit of time talking about how you could do a lot with WordPress to provide simple forms of lots of functionality. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Plan for past the initial MVP.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. But they herald a sea change in what computers are capable of doing, how they do it, and what hardware and software is needed to do it. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. Manual tracking and occasional surveys won’t keep you competitive in today’s high volume and rapidly changing market. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , Specifically, they pay attention to: Is our code scalable and extensible?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2011

Here’s a simple question, often asked when designing software but more useful when you’re designing your marketing and sales pitch: How are people doing this today without you? Here’s how this gets your marketing and software design off the ground. Are vets the biggest market for these cards?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2016

by Reed Gusmus, director of marketing at QASymphony. The outright and abject failure of a software development project is a surprisingly common occurrence, and the reasons for a specific project’s failure tend to revolve around three easily avoidable mistakes. Unreasonable Time Restrictions and Budgetary Limitations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

Intellectual Property 238

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Drawing insights from ARK Invest’s Big Ideas report, Y Combinator ’s Requests for Startups, and market trends, this post explores the most promising opportunities for entrepreneurs looking to make an impact in 2025. The aim is to create a marketplace that fosters smarter apps while ensuring user privacy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

In today’s competitive market, having access to accurate and relevant information about potential customers is crucial. This is where lead identification software comes into play. Lead identification software offers a powerful solution to this challenge. Benefits of Utilizing Lead Identification Software 3.1

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The software outsourcing sector in India is flourishing, offering organizations low-cost solutions. In this article, we’ll look at the top 10 Indian software outsourcing firms of 2023. Let’s explore the best software outsourcing companies in India. eSparkBiz eSparkBiz is a prominent software outsourcing company.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. years of software development. We have built route management software so that drivers have productive routes and can cluster pick-ups and drop-offs.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

It makes no sense to meet in August or December due to travel schedules of most investors. For the record, this is not a secret, coded messages to companies for which I am on the board! . They mostly understand your company, your customers, your competitors and your market but never as precisely as you do. That’s it.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

by Enrico Moretti, author of “ The New Geography of Jobs ” Over the past three months, Facebook, Zynga and Groupon have lost between 33% and 52% of their market value. Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs?

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sharing the stories of organizational failure due to a lack of enterprise innovation can create a sense of urgency in employees and make them understand the stakes. It was a leader in the online advertising market, and then it did not face any competition from Google or Facebook. Application Development Activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling.

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← The Future of the Web is Small, Academic Earth, Beatles Rock Band, Top Developer Blogs, et al. 95% of developers are comfortable, and probably excel at, being technicians. Every time.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by DeclanTM This article is #7 in a series about startup marketing. I’ve gone on and on about the subject of pre-launch marketing on my podcast , made mention of it in my book , went into detail on TechZing , and again on a recent Micropreneur Academy conference call. Far more important is marketing execution.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2014

After all, when a company is trying to meet market needs or break into trends, the last thing it needs is a project manager/PMO saying, ‘We need to have all this documentation before we can start working on this.’ There is some thinking that equates project management with being a roadblock to speedy delivery of critical projects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Small business owners are adopting trending techniques to avoid wasting their time on marketing schemes with no guarantees. If a company has to invest in targeted advertising and marketing on Instagram , then TikTok promotes a business for free. Business Software Development . Sales and Social Media.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2017

Agile marketing may not be a phrase you hear often, but it’s becoming increasingly popular and important. Traditionally associated with development and product management, agile is a lightweight and, well, agile framework for software development and bringing features and products to market.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

JULY 10, 2012

Joel on Software. Software Inventory. The software production process has several major “inventory” accumulation points, itself. How is software like a factory?” An implementation process (writing code). A deployment process (sending code to customers, putting it on web server, etc). (PS by Joel Spolsky.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There are a bunch of questions in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything , Startup Founder Developer Gap , and in Startup CTO or Developer. Interviewing and Hiring Process Get a resume and LinkedIn profile and review both closely: Do they know the world of startup technology?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on.

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