The Web Startup Success Guide (Books for Professionals by Professionals) 1st Corrected ed., Corr. 2nd printing Edition

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If there's a software startup company in your developer heart, this is the book that will make it happen.

The Web Startup Success Guide is your one-stop shop for all of the answers you need today to build a successful web startup in these challenging economic times. It covers everything from making the strategic platform decisions as to what kind of software to build, to understanding and winning the Angel and venture capital funding game, to the modern tools, apps and services that can cut months off development and marketing cycles, to how startups today are using social networks like Twitter and Facebook to create real excitement and connect to real customers.

Bob Walsh, author of the landmark Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality, digs deep into the definition, financing, community–building, platform options, and productivity challenges of building a successful and profitable web application today.

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Bob Walsh is the founder of 47Hats, a consulting firm/blog/startup dedicated to helping startups succeed, the author of Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality, podcaster-in-chief of the Startup Success Podcast, co-moderator of the Joel on Software's Business of Software forum, and creator of StartupToDo.com, a online productivity app and community for startup and microISVs. At his company, Safari Software, Inc., Bob was a contract software developer for more than 20 years before launching, selling and ultimately selling off a Windows personal task manager commercial application. Before getting into information technology, Walsh was a reporter for several news organizations, the most worth bragging about being United Press International (UPI).

Series: Books for Professionals by Professionals
Paperback: 440 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1st Corrected ed., Corr. 2nd printing edition (April 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1430219858
ISBN-13: 978-1430219859
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Nick Reuter

This book is the best I've read

November 20, 2009

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I've read quite a few startup books, and I even have an MBA in entrepreneurship - and I still found this book incredibly useful. I'm just starting up a web-based software as a service company and this book gave me some great information on where to go, what to do,and how to do it.

I really liked that the book is extremely relevant. It provides information that is current - and has a whole list of great suggested sites and services to help you in getting your business up and running.

Overall, I definitely recommend it! The only downside in my opinion was too much coverage of VC and Angel funding.

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Kevin Cimring

Lively and up-to-date with some practical tips

February 2, 2010

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The two main gripes I have with this book relate to its title and cover. They make the book look and feel like a bland college textbook which would not be out of place alongside my old edition of Constitutional Law 101.

But that is very misleading - beneath the covers, the book is a lively and contemporary narrative that should help young start-ups with some practical tips and useful tools. The book is up-to-date with current trends, and has a healthy amount of advice on topics such as social media and other recent game-changers.

Included in the mix are verbatim interviews with some industry experts, which I particularly enjoyed. The book is written in an easy-going, friendly style with some subtle humor that I am sure will resonate with most readers.

Some entrepreneurs are naturally gifted; others strike it lucky, but most of us need some help along the way. If you are thinking about a start-up or are in the early stages of getting your start-up going, this book will make a useful, modern and up-to-date addition to your arsenal of start-up literature.

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Phil Derksen

Tons of practical advice for making your app succeed

November 11, 2009

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If you're looking to turn your app into a profitable business, this book lays out all of it in extreme detail. This book is NOT about programming, project management, etc. Instead it's pretty much everything else programmers need to do but aren't great at to get people to use their app. Just a ton of practical business advice.

I'm working on a web app on the side myself ([...]), and I've already implemented a bunch of suggestions, such as adding [...] for customer feedback and [...] for quick and low-cost recorded user tests. Bob also gets heavily into using social media, blogging, streamlining your home page, productivity, etc. I have about 30 dog ears in the book right now that I need to get moving on.

And don't take Bob's word for it. A big part of this book (maybe 20%?) is a bunch of interviews. Mainly by those who have made a web startup successful themselves. I'm currently a solo boostrapper myself, but one chapter gets into the details of funding if you need it.

Also check out Bob's blog/podcast at [...] and his companion service to the book: [...] (which I'm also a member of).

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Corey M

Keep it within arm's reach.

October 20, 2009

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Bob's latest book is another great resource for webby types starting their own website business. If yre like me, too busy running your business to read a book like this cover to cover, you'll find it a great book to reach for. Often. It touches on most questions that come up on a daily basis. Have I read the whole thing? No. Have I opened to nearly every page? You bet.

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Yahya Khateeb

Excellent book with lots of greate tips and information

January 9, 2010

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I loved this book, it has a lot of good interviews and some good examples of startup success stories.It offers great tips, a lot of which may seem like common sense but are very well presented and the book is an easy read. I like the way the author covers most aspects related to starting a Software/Web app based business and gives pointers to several resources to help with those aspects. Its already made an impact on how I plan and execute my own project.

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Morten Jacobsen

Do you need startup advices - look no further!

September 27, 2009

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Some books simply change your life. This is clearly one of them. It is simply the best book on web startups I have read.
It's really up todate (printed in April). I've learned a lot of Windows Azure, Microsoft Bizspark, Scrum'd, GetSatisfaction, TimeRescue and more. I bought 6 exemplars and have given it away to people connected to my startup project [...].
Bob Walsh excels in his writing. [...].
Just get it!

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Josua Partogi

Not so much information

February 14, 2010

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I don't find this book really useful. Why? Because everything written in this book can be easily searched from the internet. The information is not covered in depth. I also find that the book does not offer new thoughts or concept that I will need to start a web startup business.

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Anton

Ads for various online tools

November 1, 2009

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I bought this book based on excellent reviews in hope that it would help me to know what and how to do to start my own web business. But "Web Startup Success Guide" turned out to be just a list of general and obvious recommendations with a vast amount of ads of various on-line tools, including author's own "Startup To-Do".

No real help, too long to be read in a spare time, typographic quality is too low. I'm deeply disappointed with this book.

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