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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

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So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. 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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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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I recently read this anecdote in the press (withholding company name because I actually really love the concept). 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. What did he know?

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Everybody Wants Their Pound of Flesh (Negotiating with Buyers)

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Your IT Reviewer. They’ll push you on your uptime SLA, they’ll push for harsher penalties for non-compliance, they demand security reviews … heck – if you’re small enough they’ll push for “ source code deposits.” Procurement (or Biz Dev Team or M&A Department).

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Ten Startup Tips From Steve Jobs

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Per the popular press’ narrative, Steve Jobs went from a technology rock star (early 1980’s) to a petulant, spoiled brat (late 1980’s), to a washed-up, has been (early 1990’s) back to a technology rock star (2001 to present). That’s too bad ,” Steve told him, “ because I signed the inside, along with the other members of my development team.

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

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Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. 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.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

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I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. 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.).

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