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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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

The Curse of the Technical CEO | by Ian Sefferman – [link]. What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. Why Successful Companies Stop Growing | Ron Ashkenas – Harvard Business – Review [link]. How will they make money?”

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

making technical recruiting suck less. I ran technical recruiting at TrialPay for a year before going off to start my own agency. Bemoaning that non-technical people are the first to filter resumes is silly because it’s not going to change. Aline Lerner's Blog. Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data.

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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]. Very interesting & promising digital camera technology that promises to make focus irrelevant – [link]. – [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

These days, due to coronavirus outbreak, many businesses have asked their employees to work from home. At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world.

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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. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Google trying to help people to help their parents with technology issues – [link].

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Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Next Tuesday I get my chance, as I take the reins of an online class on split testing (aka A/B testing). The class is at 10am PST on Tuesday April 27th and 32 people have signed up so far.

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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]. Interesting that many small biz owners still not finding much use for social media – [link]. 70% of U.S. The Color Of Your Website Has A Huge Impact On What People Buy – [link].

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. When we launched the first version of our product a few years back, we got great write ups on a number of top tier tech news sites. Small business owners rarely read tech news… #4 Adam Wride on 01.19.10 September 23rd, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. There are many developers who are not presently active on a Ruby on Rails project who nonetheless have a vulnerable Rails application running on localhost:3000. Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They hadn’t sealed a roof jack correctly, and had left the flange outside of the [insert technical sounding word here] so they had to seal it with [hot something or other] and it was a complete kludge. November 19th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development , Startups Building your startup? My roof is leaking.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. Geoffrey Moore Author of Crossing the Chasm and four other books, Geoffrey Moore has been thinking about high-tech product development longer than most of have been doing anything on a computer.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Rather than build an app entirely with native or HTML5 technology, why not mix and match the technologies? This enables the developer to use the most appropriate tool for the job when developing the user interface. This enables the developer to use the most appropriate tool for the job when developing the user interface.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

No, these days even technical execution is mostly trivial (with a few exceptions for apps built around unique algorithms). Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. The feedback that came be gained in those 2 hours is guaranteed to save countless hours of development time. #17 But I didn’t limit that comment to B2C software.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Triumph of the Nerds on DVD – An awesome tech documentary, and I recently discovered it’s on DVD. May 24th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I own it; it’s top notch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Many times when I interview a development team caught in the pincers of this situation, they want my help "fixing people." So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. Why do software developers think this is acceptable?

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

As I was looking at traffic stats I noticed a huge increase in mid-November due to a number of write-ups on startup and web-2.0 Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. No amount of optimization is going to make this traffic turn into gold unless your target market is people who are interested in tech startups. 9 Ash on 02.09.10

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? I sit in front of my laptop for days, nay weeks on end and never see another person who is remotely interested in technology.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. It’s highly recommendable for people wanting to be micropreneurs, and gives an inside look on what starting a tech company looks like. #2 March 18th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? 2 Rob on 03.18.10

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

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. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Trust me, you will pick up all of the salient points in 30 minutes.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects. But companies that perform technical training also see a jump as laid off workers go back to the classroom to update their skills.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. You don’t have to play IT manager, which you often have to do with even very technical people. So with a sigh of relief I present to you a list of ten things that confirm Micropreneurship was indeed the right choice for me. Please post them to the comments. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

More than half had an interest in speed reading 21% volunteered to beta test and provided their email 20% asked to be notified when the app was available and provided their email Obviously the population taking the survey was skewed towards a younger, technology savvy audience. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Consider this the Year in Review for Software by Rob. The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer “This advice is intended for someone looking to become a freelance software developer or web designer (or looking to start a small web design/development/consulting firm).

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2009

While you’re technically working on your application, you’re getting distracted by things that aren’t going to get you any closer to launching. Later in the development process, I was fighting fatigue. So at the time I was finalizing development, launching a product, and working through an acquisition.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 15, 2010

Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. In terms of tech I use e-books, pdf (for the search). #2 April 15th, 2010 | About this Blog , Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place. at 5:53 am ?

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Software By Rob

MARCH 9, 2009

It’s OK If You Don’t Like Your Job If you’re like the hundreds of software developers I’ve talked to over the past few years you’re not thrilled with your job. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. But the time has come…today I lay everything on the table. You want to be in control.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. Just as I go to my friend who’s a brilliant SQL developer to help me with my HAVING clause, I want to go to a marketing genius and have him/her tell me the exact steps I need to take to begin converting visitors to paying customers. I want solid answers.

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Software By Rob

JULY 14, 2009

These are the tasks that will be easiest to outsource – the tasks that require a technical or common skill that’s not specific to your product. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I would guess you will enjoy learning the technical aspects more than outsourcing them. You’ll notice many have asterisks next to them.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2010

But whether you’re working as a corporate developer or a Micropreneur: The best code you’ve ever written is the code you never had to write , didn’t need to wire up real-time provisioning for new accounts, and didn’t even need a custom purchase page April 7th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

The dropshippers are not very high-tech and don’t have a way to integrate programatically with their ordering system so every order has to be placed manually. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. 5 iWeb Blog » iWeb Tech News Highlights: web marketing, F.lux, micropreneurs on 05.05.09 Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Software By Rob

MARCH 10, 2009

If I pick up a technology or online marketing book that’s published in 2007 a good portion of it will be out of date. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I talked a bit in the report about how blogs aren’t able to cover this material in enough depth. And it’s not a book. And it’s not an Ebook.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2008

I’ll probably never know… Update: An awesome DreamHost tech support rep named Mike M. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. But what bothers me is that this still doesn’t explain why my blog, which was not getting any more traffic than usual on Wednesday morning, suddenly became a processor hog. DreamHost?

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

There are a ton KPIs you can track, but below are the most important for reviewing the health of your SaaS. Regularly Review Your Customer Personas. To illustrate the impact this question has, let’s look at this case study on software development company owner, Jerry. Understand the data through an initial review.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. The vast majority do not.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I, I literally just wanted a pizza and I was a software developer and so I wrote a version, one of, of a neighborhood delivery guide showed me all the restaurants delivered to me. More About Mike Evans: Hangry: A Startup Journey. Connect with Mike — MikeEvans.com.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Number one, productivity of the US workers actually dropped despite all of the technology that is out there. Simply tell them what you need and they'll handle the rest hassle free. 21:25] Where can people connect with you? What do I mean by that? I mean several things.

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