TechEmpower
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. The PMs are seeing late deliveries and bugs that suggest the devs just aren’t capable enough. This can be true even if those failures had nothing to do with the current team.
TechEmpower
JULY 24, 2023
Think of these as the big upfront questions a developer should ask to get an overall picture. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? What are some examples of similar brands? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app?
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 3, 2013
[and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me]. It got quite good reviews in the media: TechCrunch , LifeHacker & PandoDaily and many others. The team has put in a huge effort to get to this day – and I hope they’re sleeping well tonight.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
That’s why when you hear Steve Blank talk about lean startups you can hear his experiences ooze out of him in real-life examples of 8 startups. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. I had my dev team asking for us to work through new architectural components to improve performance.
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. We don’t know just how often this occurs, but judging from the calls we get there are lots of anecdotal examples. ” Really?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 14, 2010
Let me give you an example. 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. Similar with product features.
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. For example, even though we were leading an entrepreneurial effort within IBM, we found it a challenge to deal with the inbred mainframe culture, reverence for process, and accounting practices of a large company.
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