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Making Sure You Are Ready to Begin Building Your MVP

SoCal CTO

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development. Correct your course quickly. What's going to go wrong?

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing

Both Sides of the Table

Oh, and if you didn’t guess, the title, “if you don’t have a discrete hypothesis you are incapable of failing” is, of course, an Eric Ries quote. 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. 42:20 Did agile development influence you? And make sure to pick up a copy of his book. Check it out.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. You're in the thick of it and about to write a small chunk of server-side code. Project needs vary, of course, so technology chemistries vary in turn.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Here's an example of that kind of email.

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