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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

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Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. But everyone’s situation is unique.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

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million software developers worldwide. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. Our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators has a list of questions any good development team would ask. Avoid them.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

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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.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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For customer service? Does it tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or rely on a third-party lookup table? Accounting Beyond reviewing transactions, what accounting support do you need? Customer Support Do you need specific interfaces and support for customer service? Is there a step-by-step wizard?

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Startup Runway Length Depends on Your Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Do it yourself and barter for services. The components are simple - expenses and income. Great strategy.

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High Burn Rates Result in Short Startup Runways

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Do it yourself and barter for services. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Great strategy.

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Don’t Get Burned By Your Startup Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Do it yourself and barter for services. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Great strategy.

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