Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Don’t outsource your core competency. Product or services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Software development companies tackling services for niche industries, like commercial real estate subcontracting, continue to find Los Angeles to be fertile ground for development. Software for the service industry is nothing new for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. Co-founded by former ServiceTitan devel.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2010

Simi Valley-based Xavient Information Systems , a provider of IT outsourcing services, and Virginia-based Vision360 , a provider of custom software development, testing, and other services for the telecommunications industry, said today that they are in a definitive merger agreement, where Xavient will acquired Vision360.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. But these titles are not descriptive of specific roles or skills, and have always had marginal credibility in the business community.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The second bullet, getting feedback from customers is most often not valid either. 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. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

You attend five customer meetings together over a two-week period and after each meeting you replay the results in the office about what it meant. The sales rep that brings back news from the front line that is shared with the office adds to our collective knowledge about customer needs, product design flaws or partnership opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. But these titles are not descriptive of specific roles or skills, and have always had marginal credibility in the business community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. But these titles are not descriptive of specific roles or skills, and have always had marginal credibility in the business community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The HTML5 platform that we use is also available as a self service tool to customers. We offer up customers a high impact creative which is not bounded by the box. They wanted something custom, to close the deal. At Jetpack, we don't outsource production, and we manage all of the software development within Jetpack.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Mobile/Desktop App Developer w/Linux,Flex/Air or IOS Exp. Looking for a place to exercise and grow your talent in software development and work in an environment that values your ideas and strives for excellence? Enterprise Data Technologies, Inc. Director of Operations , Ramprate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Similar values and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Similar values and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Similar values and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. But these titles are not descriptive of specific roles or skills, and have always had marginal credibility in the business community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Similar values and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Do it yourself and barter for services. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2014

” It’s a compelling thought – especially when you consider the alternative: 2 year contracts, overage charges, hours of dealing with customer service reps. The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. But they wanted to build more services around this idea.

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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. Defensibility in Software. Lesson: You dn’t want your customers to feel locked into using your software. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Do it yourself and barter for services. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Do it yourself and barter for services. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He used online services such as SHOUTcast , which was online radio that allowed him to play his own songs, interrupt a song, do a commercial break and connect with fans. [It There are many analogies here for software development. Customer Feedback - Chamillionaire regularly seeks public feedback from his fan base.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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