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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control. Nascent startup markets are like fine wine, they take time to develop.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

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. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. So, why does this happen?

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? Here are a few perspectives on it: Building a sweat equity team You simply need to network.

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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Although necessary, “stepping stone” approach of initially utilizing smaller VARs to enter new geographic markets can become problematic as your business grows, because large VARs often demand uncontested, broad, multi-country coverage. A detailed NRE budget will help you avoid becoming the BDC’s adjunct, outsourced engineering team.