Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. Some CTO’s swear that it is a huge improvement in development timeframes and doesn’t cause performance issues.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2018

It’s like the entire industry wants to outsource its brain to the smartest person they know and then follow that person. But if there is nothing wrong with you then please don’t let early rejections alter your course.” I have successfully used this in business development, sales, fund raising and even the press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

For example, at any given moment in your business, you may be limited by development, marketing, or sales. Evaluate outsourcing as a quick solution to break the constraint. Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels.

Ideas 107

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Brad proudly described how the company successfully used thought leadership marketing to seed a marketplace in which companies can outsource their SEO campaigns to a legion of independent, third-party “optimizers.” Successful guerilla marketing is predicated on executing unexpected and unusual tactics. Just be you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

A more complicated negotiating point involves IP that is created in the course of the parties’ collaboration. Guard against a preclusion that would deny you from utilizing the IP developed during the course of executing the agreement. This is generally a straightforward and uncontested provision.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed?

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

It was a logical system to start offering up cloud-based systems like those we had developed. Of course, it has to be the right value, and convenient, and all these other things. The other thing I see, is trying to outsource all of this stuff your self. Strangely enough, there's no competition there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Strange course corrections. To someone laboring in a cash-strapped startup, money often seems to be the endgame. All problems will go away.

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Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► 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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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. This doesn’t make sense. What went wrong?

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 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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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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