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Parabol Picks Up $4M For Software Tools

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Parabol , a startup developing software management tools, used to manage the efforts of development teams, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The company's software helps development teams manage their processes, and is focused on Agile development processes.

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3 Mistakes Software Developers Make That Can Cost You Your Business

Inverted Software

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Developers love to experiment.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Review the code being built. Look at the business and determine what's going to make sense from a development perspective in the short-term, longer-term. Do you really have control of the development?

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Interview with Bong Koh, LifeCrowd

socalTECH

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area. Bong Koh: We started at the end of April.

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Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

socalTECH

They get to meet the team, we do some due diligence, and have them talk to functional experts. How to do fundraising, how to pitch a deal, how to think about managing your product, or managing your development team. Once they pass that, they get into the incubator. We help on that end as well.

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How Helpr Wants To Bring On-Demand To Babysitting

socalTECH

One of the latest is Los Angeles-based Helpr (www.helpr-app.com), which recently launched to help parents find babysitters for their children. Becka is also co-founder of Female Founders Los Angeles (FFLA). How did you handle going from a background in child care, to developing and app and figuring out the technology side of things?

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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. For example, a web-based startup should be able to operate for a year if they raise $500,000 from the founders or angels. Great strategy.

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