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Getting Through The Tough Times

31. October 2008

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Getting Through The Tough Times

At the Future of Web Apps Expo 2008, Tim Bray was the keynote speaker on the second day. Unlike many keynotes (which generally tend to be upbeat), Tim spoke about the economic tough times ahead, and what you can do to get though them. There’s some very solid advice in this presentation. The Future of Web [...]

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Sell Your Web App: Lessons I Learned From Selling DropSend

29. October 2008

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We just sold DropSend, a little web application that we built some three years ago. Basically, the app enables users to send large files easily, rather than emailing them. It’s been profitable from the start, but I decided to sell it to concentrate our resources on other areas of our business. I learned a few [...]

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Reduce Your Business Costs With Free Stuff

21. October 2008

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There are three things that are crucial when starting a company: selling, selling and selling. OK, actually, there are four things. Cash flow is king, too. As I write this the Dow is down nearly 3000 points over a 4-week period, the commercial paper and interbank loan market have completely dried up, and it’s getting [...]

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How to Build a Web Start-up - Part 1

24. January 2008

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We live in an extremely exciting period of human history where it has never been easier or cheaper to start a web-based business. You just don’t need a bricks-and-mortar shop to make it big anymore. However, there are still a massive number web start-ups that fail every year. How can you avoid becoming one of them [...]

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Guess the Value: Basecamp

20. November 2006

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It’s been a little over three weeks since we

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Will Your Web App Make Money?

7. April 2006

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Building Web Apps from A to Z, Part 1 This is the first article the series on how to build web apps. Today, we’re tackling the important issue of cashflow and the financial viability of your web app. We’ve learned a ton about this issue because when we built DropSend, our first enterprise web app, we faced [...]

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