Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Work out of your home, and keep your own books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Donation good-cause model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a new size smart phone. Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. A more complicated negotiating point involves IP that is created in the course of the parties’ collaboration. Get The Cheese With Your Neck Intact. Do Not Execute an Ambiguous Statement of Work.

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Outsource Development IP Technical Review Entrepreneur 193

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Donation good-cause model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

Of course, none of these are a substitute for doing your homework on the opportunity, and maintaining the energy to drive it: Break the journey into small sprints with milestones. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders.

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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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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

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2013

Generally speaking, cost accounting describes a wide variety of systems and processes for collecting financial data which is then analyzed, summarized, and used to create alternative courses of action. Marketing is key in helping you to develop long-term, strategic plans that can stop your cash drain. Set Your Budgeting Goals.

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Outsource Development Outsource Startup Marketing 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Work out of your home, and keep your own books.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

SoCal CTO

JUNE 26, 2012

They didn't feel they had visibility into timelines and costs for development of their software. In three of the cases, the founder was finding that the software teams (1 in-house, 2 outsourced) were delivering relatively well in the short-run. My belief is that you shouldn't sign that contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. I've been in product, product development, marketing, and management.

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Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. A much-touted success was the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter , with orders exceeding $10 million.

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Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

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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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

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.”

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Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. The development community and web developers, who tend to be our customers, like that flexibility, and the quick time to market. Of course, since we're venture backed, we do have to consider our investors, as they're looking at some point for an exit.

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CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. Software crowd sourcing.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

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? Accounting?

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CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. Why would you have your most important success factor (successful implementations) outsourced to a third-party where you don’t control quality and who is strictly mercenary (i.e.

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Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. Software crowd sourcing.

Funding 96

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2010

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not require a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or even the Apple iPad. Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products.

Startup 82

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Course 82

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 5, 2016

Selling new products, opening new markets outsourcing business functions and every other decision affects the bottom line. It is essential to establish control over the process to be certain that it follows the model’s designed course. The success or failure of every business is determined by its management’s decisions.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review .Net Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. My friends were astonished that you didn’t have to swap disks all the time.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

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. So, we build that and started offering it to the market.

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Startup Product Customer Custom 145

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. I always tell them to forget it. To someone laboring in a cash-strapped startup, money often seems to be the endgame. All problems will go away.

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Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Startup 93

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model.

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2015

Almost the instant the concept of the sharing economy was introduced, it has skyrocketed into hundreds of successful and established brands by offering everyone a chance to be their own boss, and others the ability to outsource needs saving time by providing convenience.

Resource 40

Resource Outsource Development Guide Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

On the day of Miigle’s public launch, we chatted about developing his team, lessons learned, and how World Cup soccer fits into his vision. For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. Fast forward a year and a half later, and a lot has changed for Luc and Miigle.

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Although I generally despise the involvement of consultants during a venture’s early stages (see Beware The Consultant ) , consider securing a risk – reward relationship with an outsourced marketing firm. For instance, it does not make sense to develop an Affiliate Market presence until you have established an effective SEM campaign.

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