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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

This is especially important with outsourced development teams. This happens when a founder raises money in an initial round, spends most of it on in-house or outsourced development, and ends up with a product that is 90% done. Specifically, they pay attention to: Is our code scalable and extensible?

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

This is important whether you are outsourcing or building it in-house. If you are outsourcing, then this person will also be protecting you from issues like being able to access the source code and making sure can bring it in-house at a later time. But they are having a tough time getting it all the way done.

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5 Expenses Startups Cannot Afford to Cut

Tech Zulu Event

Whether it’s a killer software or physical inventory, don’t leave yourself open to a major loss or legal claim with no protection. Outsourcing can be an extremely cost-effective solution here. Do not assume that the software engineer you hired can also double as your business development specialist.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. Bambi Francisco.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What do we build in-house or outsource? What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk? What technology research is required? Accounting?

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