SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer. Review the code being built.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Parabol , a startup developing software management tools, used to manage the efforts of development teams, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The company's software helps development teams manage their processes, and is focused on Agile development processes.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Tactical Technical Advisor stays on top of the development team to ensure that they’re team is building the right thing in a high-quality, efficient manner. This is especially important with outsourced development teams. Are developers following best practices in their code and life cycle?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

While you may be able to offer a price & terms for your service and not ever negotiate (especially if you’re an Internet company that sells cheaply to small businesses over the web and without onsite support & service) – you’ll still likely have to negotiate on business development deals. Your IT Reviewer.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? How Does it Work?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? How Does it Work?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

Here’s how it goes: You have a business development group with two people. To do the right activities you need to start with a top down assessment with what you’re trying to achieve with your marketing. If you don’t know WHY you’re adding features don’t do it just because you have a development team.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It's a pretty credible team and we're starting to staff up on the product and development side. Even though we are both startup guys, and I've got an inner geek, and started developing and coding myself, at this point in the relationship, both from a functional and personality point of view we actually complement each other very well.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

They get to meet the team, we do some due diligence, and have them talk to functional experts. How to do fundraising, how to pitch a deal, how to think about managing your product, or managing your development team. Once they pass that, they get into the incubator.

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Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Developers love to experiment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2020

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me a while back in the classic book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Have monthly reviews with each team member. Team members need and crave feedback, much more frequently and informally than the annual performance review.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2023

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me a while back in the classic book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Have monthly reviews with each team member. Team members need and crave feedback, much more frequently and informally than the annual performance review.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Development Team Review Startup Activity 127

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. Too often though, it’s the result of performance needs not being properly assessed at the start of work. So, why does this happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2015

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me recently in a new book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Have monthly reviews with each team member. Team members need and crave feedback, much more frequently and informally than the annual performance review.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

That’s too bad ,” Steve told him, “ because I signed the inside, along with the other members of my development team. Mac proudly told him that he had given it to a friend thinking Steve would approve of his act of charity. Just because an established leader in your industry does not see the wisdom in your ideas, do not waiver.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.). I learned how to better run a product management process.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

Guard against a preclusion that would deny you from utilizing the IP developed during the course of executing the agreement. Craft terms which ensure you will not beholden to the BDC with respect to your ability to subsequently deploy and profit from jointly developed technology. Do Not Execute an Ambiguous Statement of Work.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2016

Even less time is spent on developing the aspects of a car that become evident long after the purchase is completed. I learned the hard way that during a startup’s early days, entrepreneurs should give slightly greater emphasis on developing buyer features, in order to reduce the friction of the sales cycle. Car Door Slam Features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Great strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Great strategy.

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Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. The culture of a large technology company is to rely on internal development or large, stable, and proven external vendors. Internal legal reviews and required new processes were slow to finalize.

IBM 85

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

How did you handle going from a background in child care, to developing and app and figuring out the technology side of things? We've been working with him, and he's taught us a lot about the technology we're working with, and expanding our development team. We're able to really put our idea into action, through their skill set.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. The MySpace product management and dev team, need to bite of smaller projects, get them out more quickly, and make sure they are exposed to everyone visiting the site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2016

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me recently in a recent book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Have monthly reviews with each team member. Team members need and crave feedback, much more frequently and informally than the annual performance review.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Development Team Review Startup Activity 54

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Great strategy.

Startup 48

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. Communicating with the developers who write code.

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