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Development Short-Cuts Are Not Free: Understanding Technology Debt
May 23, 2006
In my many years in the software business, one concept I have found to be pervasive is that of technology debt. Technology debt is basically when you “borrow” time to avoid having to…
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Startup Ideas: Are Bad Ones Better Than Good Ones?
May 22, 2006
Many people in the entrepreneurial world (including me) have lots of ideas. The question is what do you do with all of these ideas? I wrote an article about filtering startup ideas…
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Making Money With Software: Usability vs. Buyability
May 18, 2006
Many software startups have gotten religion when it comes to creating “usable” software. This is for good reason. If your software is usable, people will use it, tell their friends,…
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Startup Co-Founders: If You Can't Recruit 'Em, Should You Join 'Em?
May 17, 2006
One of the most frequent challenges I hear from current or would-be software startup founders is that they are unable to locate a worthy co-founder. This is not surprising. Finding a…
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Startups: Why TechCrunch Traffic Can Be Too Much of a Mediocre Thing
May 16, 2006
There has been a lot of discussion over the past week about the value of the 50-whatever-thousand users that are readers of TechCrunch and how meaningful this is for new startups…
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Startup Pricing Models: Free Forever, Freemium and Freedom To Pay
May 15, 2006
Of the articles I’ve written on this site, the one on giving your software away for free continues to be one of the most popular (currently ranked as #2 on the site). In response to…
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Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode: The Real Reasons Why Startups Don't Talk
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May 12, 2006
Being stealthy is not usually healthy and not a great way for you to get wealthy. If you hang around startup founders long enough, you’ll ultimately come across someone that directly…
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Startups: Did Someone Just Trip Over Your Barrier To Entry?
May 10, 2006
Any startup founder that has ever attempted to raise capital is likely familiar with the concept of the “barrier to entry”. This magical (but conceptual) structure is what allows you…
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Lessons From Clayton Christensen: The Software Innovator's Dilemma
May 10, 2006
I am a very big fan of Clayton Christensen’s work. He is the author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” and “The Innovator’s Solution” both of which are on my recommended reading list for…
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Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing
May 8, 2006
One of the topics that is a common dilemma founders of enterprise software companies face is pricing. It’s a complex issue which does not lend itself readily to “formulaic” answers.…
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Startup Founders: The "Get Real Or Get Lost" Contest
May 5, 2006
I’ve received some great feedback (good and bad) to my prior two articles in the series “Disagreeing With 37signals”. However, I think that some members of the OnStartups.com…
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