SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Review the code being built. Look at the business and determine what's going to make sense from a development perspective in the short-term, longer-term. Do you really have control of the development?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers. These “startups” are almost always mostly-non-technical founders offering 1-2% premoney for a “lead developer” position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2020

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me a while back in the classic book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Being visible and engaged on a random part-time basis, due to other jobs, won’t do it. If your team has trouble finding you, you won’t make productive connections.

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Technical Review Startup Development Team Review Activity 130

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

I recently wrote a post about negotiating with suppliers called “ The End of the Mexican Road.” ” The post talked about how to find the lowest acceptable price & terms in a deal through testing. But what about when you’re negotiating with buyers and not suppliers? Your IT Reviewer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? How Does it Work?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? How Does it Work?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog. We'd love to learn about EvoNexus and what you are doing - can you talk about the program a little bit?

Incubator 212

Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2015

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me recently in a new book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Being visible and engaged on a random part-time basis, due to other jobs, won’t do it. If your team has trouble finding you, you won’t make productive connections.

Technical Review 99

Technical Review Tips Development Team Review Startup 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

Yesterday I wrote a post about top-down versus bottom-up thinking. Here’s how it goes: You have a business development group with two people. To do the right activities you need to start with a top down assessment with what you’re trying to achieve with your marketing. Similar with product features.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We caught up with Bong to hear more about his new startup. We break it down by a number of vertical categories, including Indulgent--all about food, wine, and alcohol; Active--outdoor athletic endeavors; and Creative, which is arts and crafts. We also have a number of other guys who are involved who I am pretty psyched about.

Startup 271

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. You often hear about people talking about how being with kids makes you present in the moment, and understand the things in life that are important to us. What is Helpr?

Demand 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2016

The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me recently in a recent book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Being visible and engaged on a random part-time basis, due to other jobs, won’t do it. If your team has trouble finding you, you won’t make productive connections.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Development Team Review Startup Activity 54

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. Too often though, it’s the result of performance needs not being properly assessed at the start of work. “A Good Problem to Have.”

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. He proceeded to tell me several interesting and entertaining stories about Steve (all flattering), dating back to the early-1980’s. He simply stated his opinion and went about his busy day.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. If you don’t have any income, the job is even simpler, be ruthless about controlling expenses. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. The components are simple - expenses and income.

Startup 92

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. If you don’t have any income, the job is even simpler, be ruthless about controlling expenses. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. The components are simple - expenses and income.

Startup 92

Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

If the powers that be, can accept this, and move forward with breakneck speed, they have an incredibly huge opportunity to build something we will all be talking about again. Think eHOW or About. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review.

Development Team Review 76

Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

But this still leaves me with lots of questions about the interplay between these tools, so Id ask people who author a blog, use LinkedIn (or other social networking), and participate in discussion groups, how do you use these tools. . * Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Purpose of an MVP and Defining the Right MVP I've really not talked as much about this in my blog even though its hugely important. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. If you don’t have any income, the job is even simpler, be ruthless about controlling expenses. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. The components are simple - expenses and income.

Startup 48

Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 48

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process.

Startup 285

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. We struggled with the differences between intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship, and I learned much about both. Internal legal reviews and required new processes were slow to finalize.

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IBM IBM Entrepreneur Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

I loved every moment of our discussion other than the video angle, which I think I’ll be more particular about in the future. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? 15 minutes.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285