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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Software specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists.

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The Planned Iteration Startup Launch Minimizes Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Use social networking to start the wave. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

Startup 101
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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Startup 102
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Every Startup Should Assume Pivots Will Be Required

Startup Professionals Musings

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Use social networking to start the wave. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

Startup 105
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IT Department and Web Teams | Who Does What Now?

Tech Zulu Event

Network engineers and programmers are essential in designing platforms and up-keeping them. Security experts and other individuals might be helpful in creating and fixing network performance monitoring software. Then there is a Network Engineer that will make sure that communication lines stay open between everybody.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Multiple Rollout Iterations

Startup Professionals Musings

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Use social networking to start the wave. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.