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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? Perhaps the more failures, the better?

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

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How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? Right now companies are cutting costs and letting go of their $125/hour development shop. A lot of contract work is out there looking for mid- to low-cost providers. 9 Recession Proof Your Programming Skills - Nick Berardi’s Coder Journal on 04.16.09

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. have you heard of any luck using outsourced coders from India … or where do you suggest ? They care about real product.