Archive for March 2009
Show #20: UserTesting.com – disruptive usability testing.
The Startup Success Podcast
In show #20 Bob and Pat interview the founders of UserTesting.com, a crowd sourced user testing startup that pulls the price per tester down from hundreds of dollars to $19. We talk to Dave Garr and Darrell Benatar about their startup, what inexpensive usability testing means for startups in development, how it works and more.
Bob has a quick tip – join LinkedIn, Pat talks about the news out of Microsoft’s Mix 09 about Silverlight and has a recommended tool for startups who want to increase their sales.
Download Show #20 here: StartupSuccess020.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:
Show #19: Lou Carbone, user experience expert.
The Startup Success Podcast
In show #19 Bob and Pat interview one of the foremost authorities on understanding and shaping user experience, Lou Carbone. Why do people love Apple and hate cable companies, smile and recommend your startup to strangers or not go for your application although everything works? It’s all about the way your software and your company makes people feel and what they experience interacting with you and your product.
This is hard stuff for developers to get their heads around, but it’s critical to understanding what affect your products will have on your customers. We had a good talk with Lou, so no startup tool this week.
Bob has a quick tip for you: kosmix.com. And Pat offers a tip – check out the announcements coming out of Mix ‘09 this week.
Download Show #19 here: StartupSuccess019.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:
- Kosmix.
- Lou Carbone : How can developers learn to create better UX?.
- Why Howard Johnsons failed.
- Lou Carbone’s company, Experience Engineering.
- Mix 09
What do you want?
Show #18: Patrick Lightbody, browsermob.com
The Startup Success Podcast
In show #18 Bob and Pat talk to Patrick Lightbody, founder of browsermob.com, a cloud-based web site performance and load testing company. Need 2,500 actual browsers running Selenium test scripts to pound on your server but don’t want to buy 2,500 boxes for about $1 million? Patrick’s Amazon Web Services-based service can do the job for $500.
Bob has a tip for those ready to go the next step with social networks, Pat has some advice for startups looking at what Windows 7 will offer, and Bob recommends a low-cost way of getting at least your product’s starter logo.
As you might have noticed, our 8-day weeks finally caught up with us and there was no show last week. We’ll try to avoid that in the future.
Download Show #18 here: StartupSuccess018.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:
- Ning.
- Drupal.
- Boonex Dolphin 6.1.
- A List of Top 10 Community Platform Solution Providers: Build Your Own Community!
- BrowserMob.com.
- Amazon Web Services.
- Windows 7 Federated Search Provider Implementer’s Guide.
- Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 2 – Building Federated Search applications.
- Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: BETA.
- 99designs.com.
Show #17: Josh Holmes, Microsoft UX Architect Evangelist
The Startup Success Podcast
Show #17 is all about Microsoft Silverlight for startups with Josh Holmes, Microsoft UX Architect Evangelist. We cover what Silverlight offers startups, get a glimpse of what’s coming soon, discuss where Silverlight fits in with ASP.NET and more.
Since Bob and Pat talk with Josh for a while, we’re skipping for this week the other usual show segments.
We should also mention that Josh is certifiably crazy (jumped in freezing Michigan lake in winter), but in a good way (fundraising for the Michigan Special Olympics) you might want to support.
Download Show #17 here: StartupSuccess017.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.Here are some links I mentioned:
- Microsoft Silverlight Futures: Building Business Focused Applications.
- The official Microsoft Silverlight site.
- Josh Holmes’ blog.
- Silverlight 3 wish list.
- http://www.riapractices.com (not much here-yet.)
- Silverlight Showcase.
