SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Which devices?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. There are times where this is useful, for example, in letting senior staff show their work to the board and letting the board get to hear from the broader team.

Startup 234

Startup Slides Venture Capital Course 234

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Open to potential career pivoters and professionals of all levels, the panel consisted of the following panelists, whom entered their positions from backgrounds ranging from business to engineering to design. Jay Stakelon , VP Product Design, Fullscreen. For example? Jen Robinson , Head of Product Manager, Bigframe.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

SoCal CTO

JUNE 26, 2012

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.

Outsource Development 254

Outsource Development Software Development Develop Development 254

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Dinesh Ravishankar: We were doing software development for various companies in Southern California, out of my condo in West LA. To be honest, all five of our founding partners are developers, and we were all software developers or in computer science. How did you end up in this market?

West Los Angeles 176

West Los Angeles Customer Custom Tool 176

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability. Manpower to develop all of these applications, manpower to maintain them, and manpower to deal with all of these devices, which added great complexity to our IT environments.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 28, 2016

During the past twenty five years, software programs utilized by business underwent tremendous changes. Very likely, the next five years will witness some exciting new developments in programs designed to address Business Process Management (BPM). The use of a cloud holds many advantages. Improved Fraud Detection Capabilities.

Software 40

Software Social Media Platform Mobile 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations.

Outsource Development 89

Outsource Development Outsource Software Development Software 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as long-time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done.

Software Review 88

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations.

Outsource Development 90

Outsource Development Outsource Software Development Software 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as with Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Complementary skills.

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Here's an example of that kind of email. "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. Hire a Product Design Lead First Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done.

Software Review 56

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development CTO Coach 56

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations.

Outsource Development 51

Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2015

For instance, Software Developer Kevin Steuer noted that, “Working remotely gives me more control over a concentrated blocks of time each day to code. Dropbox for design assets. Simple things like talking over a design sketch are much harder to do without a whiteboard. This has been awesome for productivity.”

Tool 100

Tool Product Design Venice 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

For example, in Scour, you can do a search for shoes, and read comments about a specific shoe or shoe website, plus you can potentially engage users that left the comment. I bought and sold domain names, did website design, and was the co-founder of another search engine, Findology, which we sold.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Let me give you an example. For example, I believe that the data on the studies of identical twins raised by different parents show that the IQ link is much more strongly correlated with DNA than the parents that raised you. You’re not born into being a world-class software developer. of all data is made up.

Startup 289

Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?” User Role Examples: UR – Sally Jennings: Sally is a 25 year-old account representative working for an Austin, Texas start-up company. What is a User Story? Never run away from it.

Marketing 84

Marketing Screening Social Network Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

Take Watson , IBM’s artificial intelligence platform as an example: it has advanced significantly since it handily defeated human opponents on the Jeopardy game show four years ago. In each movie, the computer evolves and takes control of everything. But don’t you find this story rather similar to what we are witnessing now?

Google 40

Google Artificial Inteligence Research Marketing 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?” User Role Examples: UR – Sally Jennings: Sally is a 25 year-old account representative working for an Austin, Texas start-up company. What is a User Story? Never run away from it.

Marketing 53

Marketing Screening Social Network Email 53

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 example it includes the following kinds of things that a CTO should be addressing, but that may not be part of the expectation, time allocation, etc. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

If you want a sense of their content, an example is their “Epic Rap Battles of History” channel including Stephen Hawkins vs. Einstein , Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Napoleon Dynamite and my favorite Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers [this last one NSFW]. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers.

Invest 295

Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Off to the Races StrongMail is a digital messaging infrastructure software company. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Often times that is a CEO, in some cases it is a COO.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Defensibility in Software. For example, Excel was able to read files from Lotus, and was able to save the file without losing any information. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. 15 minutes.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev. And it doesn’t stop there.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335