Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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Startup Conversations With Myself: What Should I Work On?
strategy March 23, 2009
Entrepreneurs (particularly bootstrapped ones) have a tough life. In the early days, things can get lonely. So many decisions, so many challenges, so much to do — and very little by…
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Startup Lessons From The Underpants Gnomes: PROFIT!
strategy February 27, 2009
Are you building a profitable business? I’m not asking whether or not your business is profitable now, but whether it will ever be profitable? More importantly, does future…
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Why Your Startup Shouldn't Copy 37signals or Fog Creek
strategy February 6, 2009
The following is a guest article by Jason Cohen, founder of Smart Bear Software. He blogs about startups and marketing at http://blog.ASmartBear.com. I don't know about you, but I'm…
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Thoughts On The Economics Of Giving It Away
strategy February 1, 2009
Chris Anderson has a new article in the WSJ titled “The Economics Of Giving It Away”. This whole idea of free+premium (freemium) is one I’ve been fascinated by for a while. (See my…
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More Reasons Why Now Is The Time For Hatching Something New
guest December 29, 2008
The following is a guest article by Neil Davidson. Neil Davidson is co-founder and joint CEO of Red Gate Software. He also runs the annual Business of Software Conference with Joel…
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Start Now: 6 Reasons Why This Economy Is Good For Startups
strategy December 3, 2008
The following is a guest article by Jason Cohen. Jason is the CEO and founder of Smart Bear, Inc. Smart Bear creates tools for peer code review. Jason "gets" software startups. ---…
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Dealing With A Downturn: Selling More Services
strategy November 20, 2008
If you’re involved in the operation/management of a startup, you’ve already heard a bunch of advice over the past couple of months. Much of this advice can be summed into about two…
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Wimps Wait. Revolutionaries Release Early.
agile November 18, 2008
If you are not a believer in “Release Early, Release Often” you can safely stop reading now. No sense in clouding your passionately held opinions with my passionately held, and…
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Startup Salary Data from Private Company Compensation Survey
compensation November 14, 2008
It has been a while since I’ve written an article about startup compensation (what do founders, CEOs and others make)? My previous article about startup founder compensation continues…
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Boston: Lock The Students Up!
boston November 10, 2008
If you’re from the Boston area and into technology in any shape or form, you should be reading Scott Kirsner’s blog “The Innovation Economy”. Scott had an article on his blog recently…
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Video from Business of Software : Everything I Know About Startups
presentation November 5, 2008
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to present at the Business of Software conference held in Boston. Here’s a video of that event. Though I was a bit off my game (not enough…
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