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).

• Introduction: What Was Is Not What Is.- Value Is the Core of Your Startup.- So Many Platforms, So Many Options.- Tools and Groups for Startups.- Money: Raise, Manage, Make.- Social Media and Your Startup.- Clarity Matters.- Getting It Done.- Six Wise People.- What’s Next?.

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).

• Introduction: What Was Is Not What Is.- Value Is the Core of Your Startup.- So Many Platforms, So Many Options.- Tools and Groups for Startups.- Money: Raise, Manage, Make.- Social Media and Your Startup.- Clarity Matters.- Getting It Done.- Six Wise People.- What’s Next?.

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).

• Introduction: What Was Is Not What Is.- Value Is the Core of Your Startup.- So Many Platforms, So Many Options.- Tools and Groups for Startups.- Money: Raise, Manage, Make.- Social Media and Your Startup.- Clarity Matters.- Getting It Done.- Six Wise People.- What’s Next?.