Category: Micro ISV
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Gus On Indie Success in 1068 Days
Gus Mueller, owner of Flying Meat and maker of Vodoo Pad and FlySketch fame has taken the time to share his story of becoming a successful indie shareware developer in this article: How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days He’s included a terrific list of seven and a half lessons learned, a…
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Startup School and Wiki
These resources made the blog rounds a while back, but I just now got the chance to really look into it. Startup School has a bunch of great presentations on starting a business in both pdf and audio formats. There is everything from general advice through finance advice. The related website, Startup Wiki is just…
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Corporate Army Or One-Person Business
Do you use “we” or “me” when speaking for your MicroISV or one-person small business? Is it better to act as if you are bigger than just one person? Or, is the fact that you are one person actually a distinct business advantage? Yaro Starak discusses his thoughts on which way to go on his…
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10 Questions for Small Business Owners
Rajesh Setty [Life Beyond Code] has written up a nice concise list of 10 Questions to ask yourself when you are small. …it’s not always the right answers that help – it’s asking the right questions. Article found via MicroISV
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A Peek into a Developer’s Workshop
Ian Jones has been kind enough to share the details of his development workflow and toolset used to develop and support Case Detective for Fog Bugz. It’s a pretty good overview of what it takes to run a MicroISV that produces a cross platform application.
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Case Detective for FogBugz 1.0 Released
Ian M Jones, a fellow mISV who has a great blog that I’ve been following for quite some time now, just announced the release of his product: Version 1.0 of Case Detective for FogBugz. Congrats Ian!
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Logo Design – Part 1
Now that products have been announced and the company website has a basic and temporary template published, I’m ready to move to the next stop on the corporate identity trail. I need a company logo. As several small business owners have already done before me, I plan on writing about my experience through this process.…
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HelpSpot 1.0
Ian Landsman has launched the 1.0 version of his software HelpSpot. It’s been a tremendous experience following along as Ian started from scratch and built up his dream. Congratulations Ian!