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We Built It, And They Didn't Come

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Re: We Built It, And They Didn't Come

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Post by welder »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

Regarding the slide about Kathy Sierra, find a spare hour and watch this video : http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/kathy-sierra-building-... Her talk alone justified every penny I spent going to BoS last year.

Also, I found this Founder's Wiki by the OP to be a good reference:

http://founderswiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

Re: We Built It, And They Didn't Come

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Post by losethos »

The wedding feast to the father gather bums outside and got pissed they did not dress well, then threw out and there was nashing of teeth. "We know you." "Go away."

God says... C:\TAD\Text\2CITIES.TXT

d a half, that I hope the topic on which I am about to touch may not--"

He was stayed by the Doctor's putting out his hand to stop him. When he had kept it so a little while, he said, drawing it back:

"Is Lucie the topic?"

"She is."

"It is hard for me to speak of her at any time. It is very hard for me to hear her spoken of in that tone of yours, Charles Darnay."

"It is a tone of fervent admiration, true homage, and deep love, Doctor Manette!" he said deferentially.

There was another

Re: We Built It, And They Didn't Come

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Post by programminggeek »

You know, I'm a builder. I like to build things. But a business isn't about building things, it's about selling things. You can build a real business with a terrible to mediocre product if you are great at selling it. You can't build a real business if you can't sell your product, no matter how good your product is.

The thing that will determine your success is sales and marketing, especially early in the business life.

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Post by quaffapint »

sixQuarks wrote: post #6

Whenever I see these slideshare links, I never get anything out of them. Without hearing the actual audio or text that goes along with the slides, they're not really useful to me. Anyone else have this issue?

I'll save you 70+ slides - It's all about marketing and sales, not design and development.

Re: We Built It, And They Didn't Come

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Post by babuskov »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

Regarding the slide about Kathy Sierra, find a spare hour and watch this video : http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/kathy-sierra-building-... Her talk alone justified every penny I spent going to BoS last year.

I just started and couldn't stop until I've see it all. Great stuff. Thanks.

Any other BoS talks you recommend?

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