MicroISV Digest – 05/26/2010
(Apologies to all for the six-week hiatus the MicroISV Digest took while I was working to get out StartupToDo.com Version 2 and start marketing.) Community News: BP and the feds may not be able to turn off the Gulf Oil Spill disaster, but maybe you can ...Read More →StartupToDo.com: why all the scholarships?
I’d don’t know about you, but if I hadn’t gotten a couple of small, key scholarships, I would not have gone to college. It wasn’t just the money – it was having someone real tell me that, yes, I should be in college that made ...Read More →It’s new, hot and matters: the Lean Startup Methodology
For years, startups and their founders have built their products, then searched for their markets and prayed for the best. I won’t dignify this as a methodology – it’s rolling the dice, hopefully with somebody else’s money. If you want to roll the dice, go ...Read More →
Announcing StartupToDo.com Version 2
It’s been a long haul, but StartupToDo.com Version 2 is officially out today! Four times faster loading each and every page. Supports all current browser versions. With a new layout throughout thats easier to read, easier to work with and just plain more attractive. And ...Read More →Pricing is Marketing: Understanding the Pricing Process for Web Apps
By Lincoln Murphy, Managing Director Sixteen Ventures http://sixteenventures.com “Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for.” – Peter F. Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship SaaS and Web App ...Read More →Three dot Friday
(Various short items in the Startup/MicroISV world I’ve bumped into this week, paying homage to Herb Caen.) … When Geoffrey Moore talks, startups should listen. Geoffrey, author of Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornato and Dealing with Darwin, is a must-read if you want to get ...Read More →
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- BooksJuly, 2009: The Web Startup Success Guide is out and selling! (Looking for the PDF Version?) Below is a PDF of the Table of Contents to give you a more specific idea of what’s in The Web Startup Success Guide: (If you don’t see a PDF above this line, please let me know!) Older books A little background on the first two (physical) books I’ve written: Back in March 2005 I’d launched my microISV, Safari Software, Inc. and my first product, MasterList Professional. I quickly realized that while the initial programming was done, I needed to learn and do a whole slew of other things if I wanted to make money; everything from the basics of marketing a commercial product, to handling tech support, to dealing with the money to doing a product blog. Micro-ISV From Vision to Reality Having been a reporter before getting into programming, I decided since I couldn’t find a book, I’d write one. Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality is that book, and from the Amazon ratings to the the emails I get, I know I not only scratched my itch, but contributed a valuable resource to the community. Here’s what’s inside Micro-ISV: From Vision to…
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- AboutBob Walsh Bob Walsh is the author of The Web Startup Success Guide, co-hosts the Startup Success Podcast and founded http://startuptodo.com (a training/productivity community for startups and microISVs). Over the years Bob has written 4 other books for microISVs and startups including Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality, presented at both European Software Conference and the Software Industry Conference, and co-moderates the Joel On Software Business of Software forum. His ebook, MicroISV: Sites that Sell! is the definite guide for microISVs who want to improve their web site. Bob started in IT many years ago, developing custom desktop applications for medium and large companies. In 2004 he launched his first startup product, MasterList Professional, for Windows desktop, which he later sold to another company. Since at the time he knew zip about all things you need to know to sell commercial software, he researched and wrote Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality. Discovering he’d rather spend his time helping microISVs, microprenuers, ultralights, mISVs, and startups succeed he hung out his consultant shingle, while undertaking learning Ruby on Rails in order to build StartupToDo.com. His blog, 47hats, covers topics interesting to microISVs and startups. Bob provides consulting services to startups and microISVs via his MicroConsult with Bob Walsh service, and also consults on web site copywriting, market positioning, social media and product strategies.
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