Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He stood up, grabbed the mic and gave a heartfelt overview of his experiences in experimenting with new technologies to build relationships with his audience, get feedback on his product quality and to market his music all the way to the top of iTunes. There are many analogies here for software development.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Most of the rest of the post is going to focus more on finding development rather than design firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. Rest in peace. Sure, you can get away with less, but why? It turned into this blog. Here’s a personal story.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

Delivery of code/product that clearly has not been tested. No communication between developers. Developers are very quite when bugs, features, changes are being discussed and only come back with questions later. One of your better developers leaves. Software development is challenging. Massive overtime.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. The innovation sector differs from other industries in how it generates profits.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit. How are we going to manage the product roadmap? How will we find and interview developers? How do we motivate and manage developers?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2011

Sounds obvious; I want to take it a step further, like this: Ignoring most of your potential market , how are expert, power-users doing this today, without your software? Here’s how this gets your marketing and software design off the ground. Photoshop is a great illustration of a product designed to this extreme. (A

Software Review 232

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 13, 2014

Unbeknownst to the rest of the world because it was in deep stealth, GM was trying to create what we now know as the mobile Web with the world’s largest telecom service providers and consumer electronics companies based on GM’s technology. Tony –working on “iPhone” circa 1992 Me–product manager, having a ball.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

Pick any 5 successful software companies you’d like from one-person microISVs up to the largest and trace how their market focus, product, marketing etc. How were you able to convert this knowledge into a software product? How important is “personal productivity” to the success of a startup?

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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. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. My new podcast launches today. My co-host is Mike Taber, the guy behind SingleFounder.com. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Without producing physical goods, every entrepreneur now can succeed in selling other manufacturers’ products online. Have you developed any vision of a product development strategy? And keep in mind that the best option is to develop at least 5 domain names connected to your brand’s name to find an unoccupied domain.

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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. But here was a $499 product that could let everyone use video.) Even though we won’t make a ton of money, it will be an ambassador for the rest of our product family.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

Whether you decide to sell products or services, make sure your target audience is in need of them. Rest assured that you will be able to choose the right funding option. #4 5 Leverage Digital Marketing Marketing your products or services is important to survive and thrive in the competitive landscape.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

One characteristic remains: the products subscription businesses can provide, ranging from magazine subscriptions to literally anything, can appear on a customer’s doorstep every day, week, month or year. And rest assured that any young entrepreneur with a vision will not miss that opportunity. Eco products. Conclusion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

SLLCONF featured incredible entrepreneurs on stage to put those ideas to rest (watch, for example: Aardvark , Grockit , Dropbox , PBworks ). It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2018

Every day, another app or service is unleashed on the world that claims to increase your productivity, corral your to-dos, or assassinate your procrastination. Keeping track of these products can be a full-time effort on its own, never mind figuring out what they do and if they’re right for you. Brain.fm / Noisli / Coffitivity.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was an early adopter in financial operations and software of lean operational and product development techniques that originated at Toyota, and then of agile as it was promulgated in the Manifesto. Before I wrote my first book I spent a few weeks at a University of Michigan seminar on lean product development.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Product naming is hard. The Approach A while back Patrick contacted a handful of Academy members and asked for opinions on potential product names. Regarding the product name, which was the original purpose of the survey, a list of 40 names was given to each respondent was asked to choose up to 3 names. It’s addictive.

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SVPG

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Product Optimization is a hot topic. However, many people confuse optimization with product discovery. I have another article coming soon that discusses how we use live-data prototypes and A/B testing for product discovery. However, this is not product optimization. It can provide real value to teams.

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,&# Things I Learned the Hard Way, and more… → Transitioning from Developer to Software Entrepreneur Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. 95% of developers are comfortable, and probably excel at, being technicians.

Software Review 76

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The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

But between visioning sessions, collaborative software development and Linus’ Law of bug detection — we’ve been taught to accept the wisdom of crowds as necessary to most startup decision-making. Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft.

Startup 130

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Solve the rest later. You must have a passion for the problem and a love for building great products. You need your minimum viable product (MVP), you need to show how you’re better than competitors , you need good leadership skills, and you need traction. Make sure you have a great product that solves a problem.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was just such a joy to develop things. Then in 1991 I came up with a product for developers that turned out to be important enough to build a company around. 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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Product or Service Features Are Rarely A Competitive Advantage – [link]. Product or Service Features Are Rarely A Competitive Advantage – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How Much Are You Worth? – [link].

Social Media 91

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Metrics – Mine is Bigger Than Yours The first thing SuperMac needed to do was to change how our potential color desktop publishing customers viewed our products versus our competitors’ products. Over the years marketers have found that using numbers to compare yourself to other products works well.

Silicon Valley 128

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

No longer do they have to accept inferior products and dismal service. He or she would often suggest I take the angst-causing product and place it where it shouldn’t go and wouldn’t fit. In essence, you must create an environment, a product offering, and a way of doing business that makes you the company of choice. I apologize.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2019

All the ingredients for Indian SaaS dominance are here: From producing some of the world’s best developers to competing on cost and producing quality products of global standard. Only one decade ago, SaaS products accounted for less than five percent of software. Take it back to the 90s. Employers and employers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The product lens - [link]. Reducing noise … should be a signal to rest of market … YC W13 Will Be Smaller - [link]. Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger’s 8 Principles For Building Products People Want | TechCrunch - [link]. 10 Productivity Tips for Freelancers - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. Creative product designs #11 | Designskilz – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2021

A good example here is the furniture factory that produces and distributes its own products. Without a good website, without an online furniture configurator, or any other digital product, what can it do when reseller stores are closed ? Both built amazing products, software, and hardware. Example of Striving Business.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Micropreneur Academy Product Showcase is a place to showcase these products (currently eight are listed – there are at least that many not yet added). I will be adding many more in the coming months as members launch their products and request to be included in the showcase. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Apple manufactures products, owns retail stores and also has an open platform for developers to build and sell apps that makes the products Apple sells even more desirable. Is there other software that does this? Uber and Airbnb take a fee for connecting buyers and sellers of transportation and lodging respectively.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One Laptop Per Child 2008, and $19 Usability Testing → The Software Product Myth Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Except for one thing.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Some organizers don’t actually know—and they just decided to invite any random VC, software developer, or founder—hence their really boring, generic questions. It will cause people to completely turn off for the rest of the talk. also forces them to think about the same. 2) Think about the “Why” behind moves you make.

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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. What is the minimum viable product? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Why Apple doesn’t do “Concept Products” – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

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]. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. Website Traffic or Conversions: Which Is More Important?

Social Media 91

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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]. Great products sell. 30 Fresh Useful Resources for Developers and Designers | TechnoGerms – [link]. 3D Printing Helps Ford Cut Production Time on Some Parts by 25% – [link]. eMarketer – [link].

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