Don't just roll the dice

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• cionescu · May 31, 2020 · Recommends

  …user feedback for your pricing plan and help you make the best decisions. As a bit of background, when I started working on my side-project, I had no idea how to price it. Then I read a great e-book (Don't just roll the dice by Neil Davidson) and followed the guidance there. I believe there's a lot of potentials to get user feedback before you make one of your greatest choices as an entrepreneur.

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• trustfundbaby · Jan 10, 2013 · Recommends

  Allow me to recommend the free ebook that I found massively useful on this exact topic. "Don't just roll the dice" by Neil Davidson http://neildavidson.com/download/dont-just-roll-the-dice/

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• haunter · May 30, 2020 · Recommends

  Neil Davidson: Don't just roll the dice – Software pricing guide https://neildavidson.com/downloads/dont-just-roll-the-dice-2...

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• ABR · Jul 21, 2010 · Recommends

  I recommend reading Don't Just Roll The Dice, by Neil Davidson. http://scr.bi/c9n8Gu (via Scribd) Great content, and gives insight to the understanding of customer perceptions in pricing decisions. I found it useful for non-software products as…

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• tst · Jan 12, 2011 · Recommends

  There is a book on software pricing: Don't just roll the dice by Neil Davidson. You can get it free on his website: http://www.neildavidson.com/dontjustrollthedice.html

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• pvh · Jun 17, 2014 · Recommends

  Pricing is super hard - I love this framing of the problem but there are so many other good references. I'm also a big fan of Neil Davidson's very brief book "Don't just roll the dice": http://neildavidson.com/download/dont-just-roll-the-dice/

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• ArturT · Mar 11, 2017 · Recommends

  I recommend nice book "Don't just roll the dice" by Neil Davidson. http://download.red-gate.com/ebooks/DJRTD_eBook.pdf

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• tmcdos · Mar 19, 2023 · Recommends

  …Giancarlo Livraghi - "How to write a good advertisement" by Victor Schwab - "How to Make Money Out of Thin Air" by Brian Sher - "Good manners and business etiquette. Illustrated Guide" by Elena Ber - "Don't just roll the dice: A usefully short guide to software pricing" by Neil Davidson - "Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard - the TopLeaf course of 36 video lectures on management by dr. Izhak Adizes can be purchased on…

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• Tade0 · Aug 11, 2024 · Recommends

  For that I can recommend Don't Just Roll the Dice by Neil Davidson: https://www.red-gate.com/library/dont-just-roll-the-dice It's free, short and easy to read.

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• wolfrom · Aug 18, 2010 · Recommends

  First of all, I recommend reading Don't Just Roll the Dice if you haven't already: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25050778/Dont-Just-Roll-the-Dice-P... This was talked about earlier today (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1613852). Unless your app requires a…

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• michael_dorfman · Sep 8, 2010 · Recommends

  Here's a free e-book, called "Don't Just Roll The Dice", which covers a lot of the basic issues: http://www.neildavidson.com/dontjustrollthedice.html

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• michael_dorfman · Oct 30, 2010 · Recommends

  Regarding #2, my standard recommendation is Don't Just Roll The Dice, a free e-book that covers the territory nicely. You can find it here: http://www.neildavidson.com/dontjustrollthedice.html Don't underprice yourself too quickly. Price has a signal effect, and is…

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• randhnuser · May 9, 2016 · Recommends

  I'm currrently reading "Don't just roll the dice" which is a really nice and short book about software pricing. It's freely available too at https://www.red-gate.com/library/dont-just-roll-the-dice What I want to say to you and the others in the thread…

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• shantanubala · Dec 29, 2010 · Recommends

  …Vaynerchuck (search on Youtube) has to say. More than anything, he just encourages you to market yourself, cold call, and really be personal with your visitors. If you're building a web application, there's Don't Just Roll the Dice (http://businessofsoftware.org/ebook.aspx), which provides an excellent guide to software pricing. Unless you're serving a specific niche that advertisers will like, add a price to your application. Actually,…

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• jacques_chester · Feb 6, 2013 · Recommends

  …obligatory link to a book review on my blog, where hopefully some of you will click through to Amazon and net me $2: http://chester.id.au/2012/09/12/review-the-strategy-and-tact... You may also like Don't Just Roll The Dice [1], which is about software pricing. And it's worth reading. But to be honest, Nagle et al is better and much more complete; it's worth paying for. [1] http://neildavidson.com/download/dont-just-roll-the-dice/

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