How To Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice
Insights on how to price software from the book by Neil Davidson.
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Underbelly: What haughty startup bloggers don't tell you
Can you imagine we confident bloggers fretting, wringing hands, wondering how we're going to make payroll, second-guessing our choices, wondering if maybe we should have added some feature, or frightened that a price-change could completely destroy the revenue stream? Well that's it. I'm coming out of the closet. It's…
The End of Innocence
Remember when the days were long And rolled beneath a deep blue sky Didn’t have a care in the world With mommy and daddy standin’ by But “happily ever after” fails The End o…
RethinkDB looking for a technical cofounder
Looking for a technical cofounder for RethinkDB.
There's always time to launch your dream
“I’d love to start a company / become a great programmer / write an awesome blog, but there’s just not enough time in the day!” Bullshit. There’s always enough time, you’re just not spending it right. Now that’s some tough love, but I’m sick and ti…
Setting Pricing for a Startup - The Rule of 80%
In just the last week, two different people have come to me to get feedback on their pricing. One was a startup selling a very sophisticated product to corporate enterprises. The other was selling...
Six strategies for overcoming "chicken and egg" problems
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How IMVU learned its way to $10M a year
“Lean startups are built from the ground up for learning about customers.” – Eric Ries I recently sat in on Eric Ries’ presentation on lean startups at Berkeley. The slides and audio ar…
Sacrifice your health for your startup
Maximizing your chance for success means sacrificing health and family. This sounds controversial, but it's not just me.