Show #29: Björn Herrmann – StartupSchool and Supercool Schoolhe
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This week Bob and Pat talk with Björn Herrmann of StartupSchool which is building the first lifelong entrepreneurship curriculum in the cloud by entrepreneurs and for entrepreneurs. StartupSchool is part of Supercool School, a bottom up, grassroots-like approach to organizing and holding live classes online.
Bob talks about time management tool RescueTime and how this startup tapped the power of surprise to get noticed and Pat has some tips about getting your app ready for Windows 7.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
(We will be taking next week off – if you’re in the U.S., Happy 4th of July!)
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- RescueTime Solo.
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.
- startupschool. On Twitter at: http://twitter.com/startup_school.
- If you want an invite to StartupSchool, email Björn Herrmann: bjoern@supercoolschool.com. Please mention us!
- Supercool School.
- How to Get Started Testing, Publicizing Your Applications on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 .
Show #28: Sramana Mitra and Bootstrapping – Weapon of Mass Reconstruction
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This week Bob and Pat talk with Sramana Mitra; technology entrepreneur, Silicon Valley strategy consultant, blogger and author of Entrepreneur Journeys, Volume 2 – Weapon of Mass Reconstruction. We talk with Sramana about the startup founders she’s interviewed, the right way to raise money, the state of startups today and much more.
Bob talks about taming the Info Beast – a excerpt from his The Web Startup Success Guide coming out in July and Pat talks about Microsoft conferences.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- The Web Startup Success Guide.
- PostRank.
- Page2RSS.
- FeedYes.
- Tweetie.
- Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Two) Bootstrapping, Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction
- Sramana Mitra’s blog is at http://www.sramanamitra.com.
- Sramana Mitra’s articles at Forbes.com.
- 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
- PDC 2008 Recorded Sessions.
Show #27: Charlie O’Donnell: Path 101 and New York Startups
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In show #27 Bob and Pat talk with Charlie O’Donnell, co-founder of Path 101, a new York City startup rewriting the definition of career guidance though data mining public resumes. Charlie has been a VC, founded nextNY (a 2300+ social group for New York startups), teaches entrepreneurship at Fordham University and is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at ITAC: Industrial & Technology Assistance Corp. of New York – all of which we touch on in this podcast.
Bob has a simple recommendation on how not to get blindsided in this industry and Pat has a quick point-to if you want a really easy/clean way to get to know Windows 7/ Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- Techmeme
- Google Wave
- Path 101
- Path 101 overview deck
- Charlie O’Donnell’s blog is at http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com
- NextNY
- What Color is your Parachute
- How to try Windows 7/ Windows Server 2008 R2 cleanly, Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Show #26: Google OpenSocial with Shawn Shen.
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In show #26 Bob and Pat talk with Google’s Shawn Shen about OpenSocial, Google App Engine, how to make money with OpenSocial and more. Bob offers a productivity tip and online find – Checkvist. And Pat talks about exactly what Cloud Computing is all about.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- Checkvist online outliner.
- Google I/O.
- OpenSocial.
- Revolutionary Wealth, by Alvin and Heidi Toffler Amazon.
- BuddyPoke on YouTube.
- Google App Engine.
- Questions for Google on BOS.
- Google Friend Connect.
- Cloud Computing on Wikipedia.
Show #25: Andy Brice and PerfectTablePlan.
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In show #25 Bob and Pat talk with Andy Brice, founder of Oryx Digital Ltd and creator of PerfectTablePlan, about what it takes to run a successful microISV, key results of a visit to download to sale survey Andy recently did and other matters.
Bob has tips on scaling how you get things done and Pat has a recommendation if Windows Server 2008 is in your startup’s future.
Download Show #25 here: StartupSuccess025.mp3 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- The Web Startup Success Guide will be out this summer.
- Getting Things Done is a lightweight, non-ceremonial extremely agile and scalable methodology that as a startup, you need to be proficient at. Resources:
- Getting Things Done entry at Wikipedia.
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity at Amazon.
- Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life at Amazon.
- GTD Connect.
- Andy’s PerfectTablePlan
- Andy’s Software Success blog, especially The truth about conversion ratios for downloadable software and The software awards scam.
- May 19th-May 21st, Microsoft is hosting a two-day platform adoption virtual lab for Windows Server 2008 R2.
- More on Windows Server 2008 R2.
What’s your opinion on transcripts?
Our guest Ian Ozsvald of Procasts.com for show #21 just posted a transcript at http://blog.procasts.co.uk/2009/04/startup-success-screencasting-podcast/.
What do you think of having transcripts available for each show?
Show #24: Medical practice startup Dr. Chrono.
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In show #24 Bob and Pat talk with Daniel Kivatinos and Michael Nusimow, founders of the SaaS startup Dr. Chrono, about selling to medical professionals, technology choices, and getting mainstream media attention for your startup.
Bob about selling his microISV product MasterList Professional and lessons learned. And Pat talks about Microsoft’s Windows Err Reporting and the Windows 7 Compatible Logo Program.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- MasterList Professional’s new home.
- Dr. Chrono.
- Dr. Chrono on “Street Signs” with Erin Burnett and Carl Schramm
- The Kauffman Foundation
- You can obtain more information about Windows Error Reporting, the Windows 7 Compatible logo program and watch the recording by following these links:
- Windows Error Reporting Live Meeting session: http://www.msdev.com/Directory/Description.aspx?eventId=1241
- Windows Error Reporting: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/maintain/StartWER.mspx
- Windows 7 Compatible Logo Program: Windows 7 Client Software Logo
- Begin testing your applications using the Alpha of the toolkit: Windows 7 compatibility certification toolkit
Show #23: Productivity microblog startup Blellow.
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In show #23 Bob and Pat talk with Mandi Leman (CEO) and Veronica Jorden (Communications Manager) of Blellow – a microblog community for self-employed, stay-at-home freelancers, developers and professionals. Blellow combines Twitter-like functionality with groups, both paid and free projects and a job board to create an online community.
Bob suggests you box your work – timebox that is. And Pat talks about Microsoft’s Windows 7 Release candidate.
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Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- TimeBoxed for the Mac.
- TimeBox for Windows.
- TimeBox for Linux 5.7.6
- Blellow
- Windows 7 Release Candidate coming soon.
- New features of IE 8.
Show #22: Crowdsourced bug detection with uTest.
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In show #22 Bob and Pat talk to Matt Johnston, VP of Marketing & Community for uTest. uTest has nearly 16,000 testers in 153 countries who get paid for finding bugs in online, desktop and mobile software, and can make pretty nice money doing so.
Bob has a bit of advice – test the “usability” of your web site marketing message for a pittance and Pat talks about Microsoft’s free Windows 7 Application Compatibility Labs for software developers and vendors.
Download Show #22 here: StartupSuccess022.mp3 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.
Please review it on iTunes: we want your feedback!
Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
Show #21: The art and science of Screencasts.
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In show #21 Bob and Pat interview Ian Ozsvald, founder of ProCasts on the art and science, mystery and drama of creating great screeencasts for your startup’s product or web site. Ian generously shares his expertise about how to target your screencast, techniques that make a huge difference, a range of free and non-free tools, ways to improve your video communication abilities and more. If you want to know how to create a screencasts that shines, this is the show for you!
Bob has a bit of advice – get out and meet up with your fellow startups. And Pat talks about Microsoft’s new Web Platform.
Download Show #21 here: StartupSuccess021.mp3 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.
Please review it on iTunes: we want your feedback!
Bob Walsh is on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.
Patrick Foley is on twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com
Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- MeetUp. Especially http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/.
- Procasts.
- Screencasts – what would you like to know?
- Audacity, Win/Mac/Lin, free, great audio recorder+editor, useful to record audio and to clean-up recorded audio: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
- GoldWave, Win, audio editor (Pat’s suggestion): http://www.goldwave.com/
- Sizer, Windows, free, lets you set position and size of windows for consistent recordings: http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html
- MouseZoom, Windows, free, tells you the mouse’s co-ords, useful to lining up inbetween pauses in recording: http://www.neuber.com/free/mousezoom/index.html
- ShowMeDo: riendly open-source tutorial community, over 1000 screencasts, friendly place to learn and practice.
- SubTitle Workshop, Windows, free, helps you create subtitles for your video: http://www.urusoft.net/products.php?cat=sw
- TechSmith’s screencast.com is a clean hosting location for finished videos: http://screencast.com/
- Techsmith.com – Camtasia Studio, Jing and more..
- Blog series on Learning to Screencast, will become an eBook once the 9-part series is finished: http://blog.procasts.co.uk/2009/03/why-screencast-if-a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words/
- The second entry of the series links to all the major screencasting tools including CamTasia, CamStudio (free), ScreenFlow, Jing (free), ScreenToaster (free): http://blog.procasts.co.uk/2009/03/choosing-your-screencast-software/
- Reference blog entry linking to all the interviews with screencasters that I know of, useful for background reading: http://blog.procasts.co.uk/2009/01/screencaster-interviews-and-articles/
- Community screencasting site run by John Basille, not mentioned in interview but a useful resource: http://scrast.net/
- Microsoft Web Platform.
