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Startups: Why Your Software Is Not Selling
June 12, 2006
As a regular reader of a number of online forums regarding software and startups, one question that seems to constantly recur is that of early sales (or lack thereof) for a software…
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Online Advertising Revenue Buys Me A Chai Latte
June 11, 2006
Those of you that are regular readers of OnStartups.com may recall that I had turned on online ads on the site for about a week. As I noted back then, the motivation for this was more…
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The Business Geek: Not An Oxymoron
June 9, 2006
When most of us think about a geek, they automatically think “technology geek” (or computer geek, or programming geek). This is particularly true of us geeks. We think our type of…
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Crash Of The Web 2.0 Titans
June 5, 2006
This article has been inspired by a post by Erik Peterson in the OnStartups Forums titled simply “Crash 2.0?” (Erik has a talent for title brevity that I clearly lack). With Erik’s…
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Startup Founders: You Don't Need A World-Class Management Team
June 1, 2006
As entrepreneurs, I think too many of us are focused on recruiting the best management team possible for our startups. This is seen as the path to fame and fortune. This concept is…
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Marketing Tips For The Technically Gifted: The Power Of Customer Self-Selection
May 30, 2006
Given the popularity of a prior article on sales tips for the technically gifted, I thought I’d take a crack at some thoughts on marketing. Once again, it is important to remember…
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Reasons Why Your Startup Should Use Ruby On Rails (RoR)
May 29, 2006
Warning: If you came to this article expecting a glowing endorsement of Ruby On Rails (RoR), you’ve been misled. I thought about titling this article “Why Your Startup Shouldn’t Use…
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The Thin Client, Thick Client Cycle
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May 28, 2006
One of the repeated cycles I have seen in my 15+ years in the software industry is that we constantly go through this “thin client / thick client” cycle. In the 1980s, there was still…
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Experimenting with Ads
May 27, 2006
This blog has been “ad free” since it started. However, in order to better educate myself about various advertising engines and vehicles (I’ve experimented with Google AdSense in the…
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Startup Reality Distortion #5: Web Hosting Is Not Free
May 26, 2006
Many of the startups I’m involved with today (including my own) are providing software as a service (SaaS) in a web hosted model. There has been lots written about how costs for…
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Startup Founder Compensation: The Good, The Bad and The Irrelevant
May 24, 2006
The issue of startup founder salaries is a tricky one. Many entrepreneurs tend to simplify this and pick one of two extremes: Founders get no pay. (“Salaries, we can’t afford no…
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