Archive for August 2009
Show #35: Matt Mickiewicz of 99designs
The Startup Success Podcast
This week Bob and Pat talk with Matt Mickiewicz, founder of 99designs. 99designs is shaking up the graphic arts industry for emerging and established companies. Matt candidly talks about how 99designs is structured, their strategic direction, and how a crowdsourced business works. Matt’s also the cofounder of SitePoint – a leading IT/graphics site.
Bob talks about why you don’t want to make the mistake he did, and Pat points to how to turn your PC into a multi-os platform and getting your product ready for Windows 7.
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Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Your wrists hurt, you must be a programmer.
- Programming Your Hands.
- Typing Injuries Frequently Asked Questions — Answered.
- A Diagram of what your Workstation should Look Like.
- How do I know if have RSI or carpal tunnel?.
- 99designs.
- http://www.rightscale.com.
- http://aws.amazon.com/.
- Tips on crowdsourcing a project.
- SitePoint’s upcoming book – Host Your Website on the Cloud: Amazon EC2 Made Easy. Pre-order on Amazon, comes out in October.
- Front Runner.
- The Windows 7 Software Logo Program.
Show #34: Nathaniel Talbott of Spreedly
The Startup Success Podcast
This week Bob talks with Nathaniel Talbott, founder of Spreedly, a subscription management service for startups. If your startup works with subscriptions instead of sales, managing those subscriptions quickly turns into a major undertaking. Nathaniel talks about how Spreedly came about, how he bootstrapped from consulting to startup, one way to keep partner disagreements to a minimum, and more.
Bob talks about why you need to be read in on the Free economy, and Pat shares both a recommended book on making your message stick and tips for web designers on the .NET platform.
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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:
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath.
- The web site, Made to Stick.
- Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson.
- Free – on Google Books.
- Free – a PDF excerpt.
- Chris Anderson’s blog.
- The Free audiobook podcast on iTunes.
- Spreedly.
- The Spreedly Blog.
- On Twitter: @spreedly, @ntalbott (other founders: @duffomelia,
@kohlhofer, @thejohnny). - Microsoft Expression.
- Microsoft SketchFlow.
Show #33: Jeff Haynie of Appcelerator
The Startup Success Podcast
This week Bob and Pat talk with Jeff Haynie, founder of Appcelerator, an open-source web technology for building native code desktop, mobile and web applications. Jeff explains the technology behind Appcelerator, why it’s Open Source licensed and his startup’s strategy for making money.
Bob has a few sites you should keep in mind when you launch, and Pat has a personal story to share about putting all this into perspective.
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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:
- Please welcome our new Executive Producer, Francesca Amari! You can learn more about Francesca here and here or buy her Jammie-nominated CD from CD Baby, iTunes or Amazon.
- Good sites to announce your startup at:
- YouNoodle, GoToWeb20, KillerStartups.
- Four more: eHub, Simple Spark, TradeVibes, Joel on Software Business of Software Forum.
- Appcelerator
Show #32: Max Ventilla of Aardvark
The Startup Success Podcast
This week Bob and Pat talk with Max Ventilla, cofounder of Aardvark (http://vark.com), your new best IM friend that can answer your toughest, most specific questions. Max discusses how Aardvark is designed to tap the power of your social network to connect you to people who have answers for your questions and shares his insights on how to build a successful ($7.5 million in funding) startup.
Bob shares a tip on 5 ways to find supporters for your startup – you are going to need them. Pat is off this week.
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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:
- Aardvark.
- How many people can you comfortably interact with? The Dunbar Number.
- The Web Startup Success Guide is out!
- Free sample chapter, “Social Media and your Startup“, from The Web Startup Success Guide.
Show #31: Jay Cincotta and Kendall Miller of Gibraltar Software
The Startup Success Podcast
This week Bob talks to Jay Cincotta and Kendall Miller about their launch of Gibraltar Software. Jay and Kendall explain how they came to decide to do a startup, how their using Twitter to publicize it, finding companies to partner with and more.
Gibraltar collects, analyzes and visualizes errors, system events, computer configuration details and .NET trace messages to let you create a customer experience improvement program (CEIP) as well as streamlining internal testing, beta testing and product support of .NET desktop and web applications.
Pat is off this week, giving Bob an opportunity to shamelessly plug his new book, The Web Startup Success Guide and to mention you can pick up Chapter 6 – Social Media and your Startup free from Apress.
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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:
- eSymmetrix’s Gibraltar Software.
- A good example of how to use a screencast to promote your startup’s product: 8-minute video demo.
- Gibraltar Software’s blog.
- Twitter feeds for @JayCincotta, @KendallMiller and @GibraltarSoft.
- The Twitter tool Bob mentioned: Twitter Charts.
- The Web Startup Success Guide.
- Free sample chapter, “Social Media and your Startup“, from The Web Startup Success Guide.
