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You don't write software like this.

Does this look familiar? A neverending jumble of unanswered questions, tasks and projects. Every time you try to get something done, you spend half your time just trying to define what to do and how to do it.

You're stuck in the search engine spin cycle, going around and around the web trying to figure who has the right information, which techniques, tips and advice are up-to-date.

Why is creating a startup or building a microISV so hard? It doesn't have to be that way. That's what StartupToDo.com is about.

StartupToDo.com Guides save you time, pain, and frustration.

The heart of StartupToDo.com are Guides.

Each Guide is a step-by-step set of instructions written by someone knowledgeable for accomplishing a specific task for the betterment of your startup or microISV.

Every Guide is community rated and everyone in the community can create Guides.

Each Guide lets you share comments with other StartupToDo.com members working on that task. Comments keep Guides fresh and lively; Guide authors push out updates you can accept or reject.

Want to work on tasks specific only to your startup? Create a Private Project and go to it.

StartupToDo.com Guides

10

Building credibility selling into the US Market
10

Finding an idea for your web based software startup - Places to start from.
15

Create & Self-Publish an E-Book
6

Announcing your startup to the Startup Industry.
6

A basic guide to picking a business entity format for your startup or microISV
3

The power of Twitter Lists.
10

Creating a Business Plan
9

Extending your software's reach with a microsite.
6

Starting a company blog - components, approaches, timing
8

Picking a good name and URL for your product
7

Copy protection of desktop software
10

How to monetize a Face Book Application (video game)
5

Services & Products for your Startup
5

Inexpensive usability testing
5

Deciding when to persevere and when to move onto a new project
10

Cross Browser Automated web app testing with You Test It
4

Planning your first screencast
7

Email mistakes to avoid when launching your startup.
7

Twitter for Startups - Part 1
5

Create a Pre-Incorporation Co-Founder Agreement
6

Microsoft BizSpark - what it offers, getting in.
8

Creating a Screencast (Linux) Tools and considerations
9

Boosting your SEO with a microsite
10

Create a decent presence in the internet
7

Setting up Google Analytics.
3

Getting business legal services in the US at an affordable price.
5

A Getting started Guide
10

Learn How to Conduct Competitive Research for Your Startup
4

Positioning your startup by asking the right questions.
3

Meeting up with other startups via Meetup.com
8

Creating a customer research survey with Google Docs
10

How to write a Launch Plan.
8

Creating a Screencast (Windows) Tools and considerations
3

Prototyping your screens with Balsamiq Mockups
7

Getting Started with Rails if you're a .NET developer
8

Switching your startup to Google Apps - Gmail
15

Conduct a private beta test.
7

Creating an iPhone App for your startup with AppMakr
4

Microsoft's BizSpark, WebsiteSpark and Empower programs: what you get, getting in.
5

Providing Tech Support via FogBugz - pros and cons
10

How to write a Marketing Action Plan.
10

Setup a Professional Blog
6

A basic guide to picking a business entity format for your startup or microISV
5

Twitter for Startups. Part 1 - The basics.
8

How to use Acunote on your startup.
7

Creating a brain trust of advisors for your startup.
8

Making the most of the Download Trial moment
10

Cross Browser Automated web app testing with Go Test It
5

SEO Basics
6

Choosing between Google Moderator, Get Satisfaction and UserVoice
9

How to run a private beta of your software.
5

Dos and Don'ts using Get Statisfaction
8

Switching your startup to Google Apps - Gmail
6

Defining a company name for your startup or microISV
20

Setting Up Financial Software
8

Effectively building your application with Acunote.
5

Getting the most from StartupToDo.com
10

Copy protection of desktop software
6

Announcing your startup to the Startup Industry.
8

Creating a Screencast (Mac) Tools and considerations
5

Handling subscription e-commerce with Amazon Payments - the Business Viewpoint
10

Setting Up Banking
5

Providing Tech Support via a Google Groups - pros and cons
6

Inexpensive usability testing with UserTesting.com
7

Streamlining your customer support with checklists, text expanders and miniscreencasts.
4

Handling subscription e-commerce with Amazon Payments - the Business Viewpoint
6

Setting up Google Analytics.
7

Hosting your startup's blog with WordPress and Thesis.
4

How to find the right colors for your web site or application
7

Creating a screen tour.
4

Hellotxt for Online Social status updates everywhere
5

How to set up Private Repository on GitHub.
3

Pain free server/hosted domain uptime monitoring.
4

Introduction to social media for startups.
10

Prototyping your screens with Balsamiq Mockups
5

Faster, more effective Tech Support using JIng ad hoc screencasts.
25

Setting up recurring payments for your SaaS product
11

Email Productivity for startups.
7

Choosing between Google Moderator, Get Satisfaction and UserVoice
5

Get visitors to read and remember your home page
4

Taking advantage of the Microsoft ISV Buddy Program
8

Doing Pricing Plan Pages Right
6

Selling your Software via a one day sale at Bits du Jour
9

Writing your launch Press Release.
6

Announcing your startup to the German Startup Industry.
10

Picking a shared hosting company.
5

Windows 7 compatibility and Frontrunner
10

Market Researching a potential product idea
5

Setup a Professional Blog
7

Take control of your time with BubbleTimer.com.

Updated in the last week. Community requested (and rated) Guides.

Feedback you need, from people you can trust.

Quality feedback helps you improve your site and that improves your sales.

You could take your chances and ask for feedback on various public forums. Or, you can ask the StartupToDo.com community to do a Site Review, using a sophisticated set of easily rated questions. No more hit and miss. No more painful, vague criticisms where your customers can find them months and years later.

The more Site Reviews you do in StartupToDo.com, the closer to the top of the list of requested reviews your Site Request ends up.

Results you can measure are results that matter.

Every Guide you finish (or write), every Site Review you do (or request), every action you take in StartupToDo.com is worth Points. Points measure what you've accomplished.

If you've earned 37 points this week and 30 last, you're moving in the right direction.

And if your StartupToDo.com Friends are averaging 40 points this week, you may want to find that URL to a cool, useful site, write it up as a Resource to help other members, and pick up 3 more points.

In conventional bootstrapping, it's extremely hard to tell if and when you're making progress. In StartupToDo.com, it all counts and it's all good.

In StartupToDo.com, you can be as active as you like.

From rating Guides, Requested Guides, Resources, Events and Tips with a single click, to Groups - from Azure to Zope - where you can meet other members, to member-only online special events, StartupToDo.com let's you participate as much or as little as you want.

And you won't waste time on spam: We've designed StartupToDo.com to make it very easy for you to get quality information and very hard for spam to seep through.

As for trolls - those nattering nabobs of online forum negativity - they are not allowed to get in the way of the way of the work you're doing at StartupToDo.com.

Excellent information, made better by a great community.

StartupToDo.com's is a startup by Bob Walsh, author of The Web Startup Success Guide, Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality, Clear Blogging, and two ebooks: MicroISV Sites that Sell! and The Twitter Survival Guide.

Bob is also the co-host and founder of the weekly Startup Success Podcast, co-moderator of the Joel on Software Business of Software Forum, consultant to over 20 startups and microISVs, a former microISV, and a Ruby on Rails/.NET professional software developer with over 25 years of experience.

With StartupToDo.com, you get Bob's expertise, and the expertise of dozens of other leaders in the Startup World, for less than a dollar a day.

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What StartupToDo.com members have to say...

patrickfoley, Spackle Software

StartupToDo is a great resource to help startups succeed. It helps you manage what you need to do - and find out what you need to do in the first place! What startups need more than anything else is TIME ... and StartupToDo is going to save you time by walking you step-by-step through the activities YOU decide you need to do to be successful.
gelform, DubFiler

StartupToDo is set to be the best resource online for startups, bar none. The first few tutorials are gold. I look forward to watching it blossom.
smeade, AffiliApp

I'm really excited about StartupToDo.com and the expertise behind it. Unlike general community sites and forums, StartupToDo has the tools in place to plan and track your startup's progress.
ngilmore031, Groundbreaking Designs

StartupToDo.com is providing a great place to build a structured community of software startups. The ability to read,write, and submit requests for all types of guides is great!
rbazinet, GetMyBack

StartupToDo.com is a great way to go from nothing to startup in a short time. I think all the necessary pieces are available for to get going in the right direction. StartupToDo.com doesn't seem to get in your way either, if there are aspects of getting going you are already familiar with then you don't have to spend time on the site to address...
alain, FairSoftware

StartupToDo is great advice for anyone who wants to start their mISV. It forces you to take action and make progress, rather than ponder, read and delay!
edavis, Little Stream Software

StartupToDo is going to be a great resource for startups without extra time (is there such a thing as a startup with extra time...). The user generated guides are going to be a big time saver because I won't have to waste time on outdated or incorrect content.
eibrahim, Yonkly

The concept is great and I expect to see a ton of community guides that will be helpful to many startups.
toyg, Ancorasoft

This site has some very useful links and suggestions in lots of places. Don't be overwhelmed, there's nothing you *have* to do, just things you *may* want to do.
morten, no excuse accounting as

I've full of thankfulness of the book "The Web Startup Success Guide" which are in heavy use in my startup. I'm been into the business of creating accounting software since 1982. I've had 3 startups before, one success which was Economica, one failure which was Netaccount. All in Norway.
stevechol, Arten Science

New member, finding my feet currently. Looks great so far, (47) hats off to Bob :-)
Colin, NovelBase

Just beginning to use StartUpToDo, nice menu system.
MrHericus, Hericus Software

Getting started is a breeze - they definitely have the first impression use case down pat. Now to dive into the details and see how everything really works in action!
inzonemike, Inzone Software

Great centralized place where our unique community can help others.
colospeedskierboy, Propadoo

I'm just starting to use StartupToDo.com but am very excited to be part of this community. I've spoken with Bob about my startup and was very impressed with his knowledge and advice...very helpful. I also just bought Bob's book "The Web Startup Success Guide" and haven't been able to put it down so I'm anticipating that anything Bob is associate...
grevutsky, MyNextCustomer

Very excited to have created a bootstrapped software startup with no VC funding. We have been in closed, paying beta with over 40 customers for 9 months, are already profitable, and are about to go public with our baby :)
BryanHall, GameSmarts

I have been using StartupToDo for a couple of weeks now and I like it a lot. The point system really is motivating and being part of a community of startups is great. In the past I have used FogBugz for my business to-do list as well as issue tracking, but I think your site will be a better fit for the to-do items.
smithmarkl, BigBrassBand

StartupToDo is building a great community and tool set for the startup world. It is a wonderful resource.
lucrussell, Braineos

Loved the book and I think I'll love the site too
aregsar

I have been a member for not more then a few minutes and I already found a fabulous startup founder resource through the site! http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
liranb, ZalmanSoftware

15 Years experience as entrepreneur and a C/C++ develop
mobilesoftware, cellphonedownloads

I have a few years in start ups like chelpatymarketing. now like to develop mobile web site and software for cell phone downloads.etc