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 a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one. Complementary skills.

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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 a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one. Complementary skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability. the rest of the time. But for software developers like my company the web was a blessing. A (Very) Brief (and Selective) History in Computing. It was a terrible user experience.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Tools, especially broader tools like programming languages, come with a lot of baggage, an attitude or even a philosophy on software development. For example, we picked Clojure for our development work. The main driver for that is the degree to which it will impact how the rest of your software is written.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Activities are the key things you need to do to make the rest of the business model (value proposition, distribution channel, revenue) work. Activities cover clinical trials, FDA approvals, Freedom to Operate (IP, Licenses) software development, drug or device design, etc.

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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 a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 16, 2012

Andy left a software company he founded over ten years ago. He wore many hats over the years at his company, including programmer, head of hiring and firing, … Read the rest of this entry » He’s one of those guys who can do everything.

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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. Others that are heavier on development. So here are some thoughts on selecting the right firm. Some will have some specific skill sets.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. Rest in peace.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

Developers are very quite when bugs, features, changes are being discussed and only come back with questions later. One of your better developers leaves. No questions being asked ( Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything ) Rest of team says - “I’m not sure where we stand.” “I’m

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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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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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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 a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one. Complementary skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

There are many analogies here for software development. I can do so much more than rap with the rest of my life. He created demand. Sometimes he didn’t even have the product when he announced it but the hype would get him focused on what he had to produce. He actually did it before Zynga was huge.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Thanks to his custom blurb, instead of closing his browser and feeling inadequate for the rest of the day, Mark completes his bio and becomes a happy customer. To get to what’s right for you, you need a tech partner with a deep understanding of your business needs, software development experience, data engineering skills and AI expertise.

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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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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? How can we address this risk? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What other kinds of systems will we likely need? Accounting?

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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. I first met Tony Fadell, co-founder and CEO of Nest, in the summer of 1991.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2011

But how does it move from the power users to the rest of the market? Let’s do another example, this time in technical business software sales instead of fuzzy consumer sales. Working the pain in B2B. We were designing our first full-page magazine ad and we needed an eye-catcher at the top.

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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 a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

Partner 140

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Even if you truly believe they can, your team needs to include at least one experienced team leader to guide the rest of the engineers through software development specifics. In average, the hourly rate for software engineering services reaches $47 per hour. Junior engineers cannot deliver a high-quality product.

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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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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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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

It happens to be a very happy circumstance that we can now translate time via social marketing (blogs, Twitter, Facebook and all the rest) into sales. Q: Your book is clearly targeted at web-based software companies, and perhaps even more specifically at software developers.

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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. Even though we won’t make a ton of money, it will be an ambassador for the rest of our product family. But the rest of the management team really skeptical.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

Rest assured that you will be able to choose the right funding option. #4 Your team must consist of talented UX/UI designers, software developers, and business strategists. Having these individuals in your team can help you develop a robust product that your customers will appreciate. It can contribute to your success.

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The Next Web

JULY 18, 2013

Since then, support for the scheme has come along in leaps and bounds and it now boasts a 400-strong community of software developers, VCs, tech startup founders and other creatives. So already we’re trying to build that international corridor between Croydon and the rest of the world, basically.”.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Our part of the initiative was great: we had built out pioneering eClosing for mortgages, online document delivery and uploads, a sophisticated document generation system, efficient and accurate document imaging and indexing, but the rest of the project failed.

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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. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Check out my book Like this post?

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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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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.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Solve the rest later. Alex understood he knew next to nothing about software development and engineering, so he searched for an engineer. Your startup becomes irrelevant. Instead, focus on the problem you want to solve. Talk to the people who are experiencing the problem, and then build your solution.

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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]. 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?

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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. I’m not the kind of guy who is always looking around for new opportunities.

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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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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 9, 2021

Anchoring yourself to a secure job that you can depend on for the rest of your professional life used to be a popular option. From cybersecurity and web design, all the way to software development and beyond, venturing into the tech field is a good way to future-proof your career.

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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]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Should You Invest $1 Into Customer Service Or Marketing? – [link].

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