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5 Steps To Get You From Your First Idea To A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions. Create a written plan, with target milestones and metrics.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What do we build in-house or outsource? How do we balance those options? What makes the most sense for us? Who will do that?

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled?

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8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled?

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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled?

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Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled?

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What do we build in-house or outsource? How do we balance those options? What makes the most sense for us? Who will do that?

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