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No longer a side job »

Well, this is what happens when your software startup is no longer a side job and, honestly, you just don’t have the passion for your blog. After weeks of business planning, marketing, and development, the blog and podcast has been…

We Have A Winner! »

It came down to two people: Marius and rkotter. Both did everything the contest required plus some. It was a tough decision between the two and in the end we had to resolve the duel with something masterful and innovative:

Flipped…

Projector Winner Announced Tomorrow! »

The winner of the $300 Projector will be announced tomorrow after business hours. The winner will need to claim the prize via email within one week.

Win a $300 Micro Projector »

Click the link at the top of the page for the giveaway of a Super Sweet 3M Micro Professional Projector. Here’s a picture of the very one you’ll get! Just follow the simple rules and we’ll enter you in the…

FAIL to plan then FAIL looks like this »

This picture makes me giggle uncontrollably.

courtesy of Inspired Startup

Your software startup will face a ton of obstacles and if you don’t plan for them, well, think of it this way: you might gingerly hurtle the first few obstacles if you’re…

11 – Scoop – Defining, Creating, and Selling Your Software »

Show Notes

Martin is back! At least for this show. We’re giving you a preview of our upcoming book, Scoop - An Investigative Approach to Defining, Creating, and Selling Your Software.

This is a very exciting show and we hope you…

Employment Drops, Along With Job Seekers? »

September of 2008.

Bailouts didn’t mean a thing to the masses until September 2008. All at once we saw the rapid decline of the stock market. We also started to hear a steady drumbeat of bad economic news that has gotten…

Only 9,900 Hours To Go »

In his book, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell says that anyone can become an expert at anything if they spend about 10,000 hours doing it.

No one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses—ever makes it alone

Well, I’ve…

10 – How To Choose A Winning Software Product »

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Show Notes

You’re going to invest a lot of resources into building your software startup company. So you want to be as confident as possible that this software product you’re building will sell, and sell well. It does happen, however, that…

List of Giant Companies You Could Buy With $1 Trillion »

List of Giant Companies You Could Buy for $1 Trillion

List of Giant Companies You Could Buy for $1 Trillion

Here’s a list of 10 companies that could be bought with $1 Trillion. According to the market capitalization of these huge companies, if you added them all up they would be…