Category: Micro ISV
-
Top 10: Things Keeping Me From My Micro-ISV
1. The Day Job 8 – 10 hours a day. I earn a pretty decent hourly rate, I enjoy consulting, and I certainly need the income. But, that’s a ton of time away from working on my goals for a product-based company. This also consumes the most energy and leaves little left in the tank…
-
micro-ISV Releases New CRM Product
Dimitris Giannitsaros of Rapid Signal has announced the first release of his new Customer Relationship Management product Magna CRM. Congratulations Dimitris!
-
Company Logo: A Designer’s Take
Mike Rohde has posted a nice detailed follow-up to my Designing a Company Logo post from yesterday. What intrigues me is how fun this process can be, particularly for clients. All of the clients who have collaborated in their own logo process have commented on how much they enjoyed it. Knowing clients get a logo…
-
Procrastination
Paul Grahm on Good and Bad Procrastination. Technorati Tags: GTD, procrastination
-
Company Logo
Back in November, I hired Mike Rohde of Makalu Media to design my company logo. Outer Level has been a legal corporation since 2000, but until now I have put off creating a logo. Since most of my business has historically come through consulting agencies and personal contacts, I neglected the company image. I have…
-
New micro-ISV Site
Bob Walsh, blogger, micro-ISV owner, and author of the recently released book Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality has launched a new website focussed on the needs of the micro-ISV or the startup software company: My Micro-ISV. He’s promising a Question & Answers section or FAQ, interviews, and resources along with a new blog. Looks very…
-
Lessons Learned in 2005
CodeSnipers has up a list of 14 lessons learned in 2005 for starting and running a micro ISV. I’m still a bit new to the micro ISV side of my business, but I did learn a few things over the second half of the year: Time is your most precious and valuable resource. Money is…
-
Wil Shipley on CocoaRadio
CocoaRadio has an interesting interview with Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster, formerly of Omni Group. Some great stories and discussion about NeXT, WebObjects, Web Apps, CoreData, SpotLight, Memory Management, Microsoft, and the future of Delicious Library.
-
Small Business 101
37 Signals has a nice series of articles posted on how to start a small business. If you haven’t seen them, they are worth reading. How To Get Started Cash Flow Basics No One Starts With a Masterpiece Tips For Increasing Sales
-
Erik Sink and the micro-ISV
Erik Sink coined the term “micro-ISV” back in September of 2004 when he decided to write about “Exploring Micro-ISVs” and his experiment with a shareware game called “Winnable Solitaire”. Erik inspired tons of entrepreneurs to launch small businesses to pursue their dreams of success as micro-ISVs (including me). His article was so popular that the…