So, you have created your first (or tenth) iPhone app and want to start selling it. Well according to Apple, all you have to do is upload it to the App Store and wait for the cash to start rolling in. But wait, you just noticed the other 500,000 apps in the App Store! Where [...]
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Startups (are) for dummies
OK not really..and given that I have been involved with more than 20 start ups in my time I am kicking myself just as hard as the next guy who dreams of bootstrapping his (or her) self to technology stardom. Truth be told startups drive innovation in high-tech. Progress would be slower if garage entrepreneurs, home coders, [...]
The new garage entrepreneur
A buddy of mine just released his new iPhone game Mine Blast, cool puzzle concept, not one I have ever seen before. He poured an amazing amount of effort into it…I am very curious to see how it does. With millions of apps sold every year (2.5 billion to be exact) there is still room [...]
Repost : The @Dharmesh Test: 16 Questions For Better SaaS Companies
Great read…most items are equally applicable to traditional software companies. http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/33197/The-Dharmesh-Test-16-Questions-For-Better-SaaS-Companies.aspx Love this one: 8. Can customers export their data out of your system? To get more people to use/buy your product, you need to reduce not just the barrier to entry, but also the barrier to exit. The product should be what keeps customers to [...]
Re-post : The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur
Excellent article posted on ONStartups.com http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/17741/The-11-Harsh-Realities-Of-Being-An-Entrepreneur.aspx
23 Tweetable Startup Insights From Seth Godin
Reposted from OnStartups.com… Seth Godin’s blog here… These are all really good insights. I love #15 and #16, too many people I have talked to bail as soon as they discover there is competition instead of using this as inspiration for better product and validation of a market and product idea. Number 12 is very [...]
Awesome…by Ottawa developers…for Ottawa residents
Open Data Apps Directory…try it out…http://opendataapps.org/
Ahmed Metwally Selected as one of Ottawa Business Journal’s 40 under 40
My good friend and business associate Ahmed Metwally was selected as one of the 2010 Ottawa Business Journal’s 40 under 40. As CEO of two companies I am not sure he will have much time to celebrate but Congratulations Ahmed!!! OBJ Article - http://www.obj.ca/Local/2010-05-03/article-1047046/Forty-Under-40-recipients-revealed/1 Timeline Interactive CEO – http://beta.timelineinteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:management-team&catid=51 Cell Factor Xbox Game – http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410921/ ConnectME TV [...]
Repost: Alienating the 2%
by danlargo on May 4, 2011 in Commentary, Mobile Marketing, Startups
Alienating the 2% via Seth’s Blog by Seth Godin on 11/6/10 When a popular rock group comes to town, some of their fans won’t get great tickets. Not enough room in the front row. Now they’re annoyed. 2% of them are angry enough to speak up or badmouth or write an angry letter. When [...]