Micro-ISV
by Bob Walsh · first published 2006
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I have to say I admire your productivity. Bob Walsh (47hats.com) has an eBook called "Micro ISV Sites that Sell" that's gotten some good reviews that you may want to have a look at. Good luck with the sites!
on “How Much I Money Made From Side Projects In 2008” ↗I would definitely recommend the following books: - How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate by Andrew Hargadon - Micro ISV by Bob Walsh - Smart and Get Things Done by Joel Spolsky - 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris and here is one that I used in school that has great intro level information on a variety of topics. - The…
on “Ask HN: Suggested Reading List” ↗you should read: Micro ISV From Vision to Reality, Erick Sink on the Business of Software,
on “Ask HN: Should a hacker who wants to startup get some business role experience?” ↗Bob Walsh/Micro-ISV from Vision to Reality (2006) - has a big chapter with interviews of starting "niche" companies from just launched to very successful(HubSpot/FogCreek). It was interesting to revisit their websites and…
on “Lessons learned from 13 failed software products” ↗See also: Micro-ISV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_ISV http://www.amazon.com/Micro-ISV-Vision-Reality-Bob-Walsh/dp/... http://ericsink.com/bos/Micro_ISV.html Make sure to read this to get a different take though.…
on “Stop Looking for a Cofounder” ↗…simply more mainstream, as it's been read by almost everyone and part of the culture of many. I consider it a book marking an "era", at least to myself, much like "The Web Startup Success Guide" or "Micro-ISV" by Bob Walsh. You can't ask Tim to "update" the concrete steps, as those are the ones that worked for him at the time, and now he's doing very different things and he's a very different person.
on “Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers” ↗I clicked because I've had ideas over the years (dating back to reading Joel On Software and about Micro ISV's) and the title of this post makes me wonder if my ideas are too big and that's a reason why they never got to implementation. The concept of a bunch of small/micro things that make hobby level money…
on “Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping” ↗