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It’s a very important concept for me because in a startup you are constantly under pressure and have way too many distractions. Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better.
How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success | Both Sides of the Table
10 Inspirational “How I Did It” Stories » SitePoint Blogs
The best way to learn is often times to just jump in and do it, but hearing how other successful people did it first can be inspirational. The ten stories below detail how other people got their web startups (or freelancing or consulting businesses) off the ground and some of the lessons they learned along the way. Paying attention to what people have done before can help us to avoid making the same mistakes and emulate the successes. Please feel free to share other “How I Did It” stories in the comments below. This is the story of how a young coder from Italy, who was until fairly recently working at Adobe, quit his job to launch Balsamiq . Balsamiq is a Micro-ISV that makes a product that helps developers create UI mockups easily in Confluence, JIRA and XWiki.How to Market Your Business on a Shoestring
Many Web developers are small or one-person shops with limited resources for marketing campaigns. Large mailings, advertisements, and expensive marketing brochures may not be an option for you. At the same time, many have recently jumped into their own business, and have to preserve their savings for basic needs like food and rent. This article will walk you through a step-by-step process to launch or grow a Web development business on a shoestring. In fact, let’s make it a real challenge.
Building a startup is hard. There are many problems that can hurt a startup – perhaps even kill it. This article examines some of the more common diseases that plague startups, and proposes some cures. All of these issues can be remedied if detected early enough, so it’s really worth being aware of them. That way, you can operate before they become fatal. Startup Disease 1: The Imaginary User Syndrome
9 Deadly Startup Diseases—and How to Cure Them
Yesterday we published a list of the top 10 web sites of 1998 . When those sites were tops on the web, starting an Internet business was a pricey proposition. Times have changed, and it no longer takes millions or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to launch most web applications.
5 Ways to Fund Your Web Startup » SitePoint Blogs