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Hack This: How Edmunds.com's Hackathons Are Inspiring Outside Innovation

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They had to apply to become part of the process, but then, they came into the building, rolled up their sleeves, and got involved during a three day period to develop their idea. We may even take part of this to Detroit, which is a very different marketplace than here in Southern California. READ MORE>>.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

" Typically, this requires quite a bit more information for me to be able to respond and provide real help. Of course, you will want to figure out a bit more about the specifics of what this developer needs to know vs. can learn. Your technical advisor can likely help.

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Interview with Zareh Baghdasarian, 15desks

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Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. It's started with managing courses and grades, on to a whole array of other services. Plus, you still have course management and grades. First of all, what is 15desks?

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Startups and a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development

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Instead, what they had was a contract that promised Agile Software Development with Rapid Iterations and an incredibly vague list of features. In all four cases, I would claim that what's at fault is a common misunderstanding in Agile Software Development. My belief is that you shouldn't sign that contract.

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

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Some common themes from the discussion: Know Where You Are Going Before you can possibly make a choice around language and framework you need to ask all the important questions that are talked about in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything and Startup CTO or Developer.

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Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor

SoCal CTO

You definitely should be having these conversations in order to find out what things you might not be considering ( Questions Developers Should Ask a Startup Founder ) that are going to be important to your startup that as a non-technical founder you just don’t know to ask. Of course, when you go to have this conversation be prepared.

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Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

SoCal CTO

I thought it might be helpful to capture these symptoms so that in the future I can point people to this. But please: Just because your development team has these symptoms does not mean that you have a weak development team. One of your better developers leaves. Software development is challenging.

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