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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Think of these as the big upfront questions a developer should ask to get an overall picture. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? What are some sites or companies in the same space? What are some examples of similar brands? Fulfillment?

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

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. We don’t know just how often this occurs, but judging from the calls we get there are lots of anecdotal examples. ” Really?

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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

Both Sides of the Table

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. Let me give you an example. You have a marketing department with three people. Similar with product features.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

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. Defensibility in Software. Pricing information.

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Interview with Bong Koh, LifeCrowd

socalTECH

We've only been working on the site for May, June, July, and August, and it's a brand new endeavor for us. The example, is as CEO I am obviously much more externally focused, on strategy, fundraising, and business side issues. My brother is in charge of the development team, and is very focused on development and coding.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. Review the code being built.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

See Five Things Meme as an example. as an example. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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