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There is always a bottleneck. Sometimes it is you.

Berkonomics

Email readers continue here.] There is a great book, “The Goal – The Process of Ongoing Improvement” by Eliyahu Goldratt. I have used that book’s lessons to teach process improvement to many types of businesses, including software development, supply chain management and retail fulfillment.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well.

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Its common for startups to think about services like hosting/computing, storage, analytics, maps, email delivery and tracking, and eCommerce. However, there's really been an explosion of services over the past few years that gives even greater leverage and opportunity. Possibly even more interesting is the rapidly growing data sources.

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Hiring a CTO for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

There are a bunch of questions in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything , Startup Founder Developer Gap , and in Startup CTO or Developer. If you are a non-technical founder, you will definitely need help to do this. Then comes the in-person interviews. Trust your gut.

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Hiring a CTO for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

There are a bunch of questions in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything , Startup Founder Developer Gap , and in Startup CTO or Developer. If you are a non-technical founder, you will definitely need help to do this. Then comes the in-person interviews. Trust your gut.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

You definitely have a nice start. He lamented that sales at his former startup, Microline Software, were initially difficult to achieve because his target market was software developers. to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. Seems like a combo of Mixpanel and intercom.io.". Hacker Downside.

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Interview with Adam Lieber, Webtide

socalTECH

Both will stick around, but the universe is definitely working with open source in their development cycle. Certainly, the use of common components will speed software development, as people realize it's not necessary to reinvent the wheel. Adam Lieber: Skype and IRC is our main communications channels in our company.

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