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Managing Your Startup Board?—?A Short Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

A Short Presentation I was invited to do a keynote presentation at the Khosla Ventures CEO Summit this week in Sausalito. 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. Managing Your Startup Board?—?A

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower

Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? Do you anticipate scale issues presently or in the future? You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms.

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AfterNow Launches New Augmented Reality Presentation Tool

socalTECH

Culver City-based AfterNow , a design and development agency in the augmented reality area, is jumping into the product world with its own, augmented reality software tool, the company said on Wednesday. The tool uses Microsoft's HoloLens.

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Have you found your “teacher customer?”

Berkonomics

I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry. Next week we will focus upon product quality and its effects upon the organization. Providing feedback to your teacher customer.

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Sustainable Product and Smart Grid System Design Program

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 -- Sustainable Product and Smart Grid System Design Program. The first part of the program will present Sustainable Product Design and the second part of the program will present Sustainable Smart Grid System Design. See [link] (more).

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Sustainable Product Design and Smart Grid System Architecture Program

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Sustainable Product Design and Smart Grid System Architecture Program. The first part of the program will present Sustainable Product Design and the second part of the program will present Sustainable Smart Grid System Architecture.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas The role of a CTO varies as the company matures.

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