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A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs

View from Seed

Below, he answers questions about developing products from scratch, as well as the difficult technology choices and tradeoffs CTOs must make. That lets you learn the flaws in your design much earlier. NVV: When do you start thinking about technology choices and what you’ll use to build something? ” decision.

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Do You Have The Data Agility Your Business Needs?

YoungUpstarts

Fortunately, CIOs can look for support in their plight from unprecedented levels of technological innovation. If companies are to thrive in a data-driven economy, they can’t afford to be handcuffed to ‘old’ technologies; they need the flexibility and agility to move at a moment’s notice to the latest market innovations.

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Use agile budgeting to manage your cash

David Teten

So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Entrepreneur Jeff Magnusson provides a sample agile budgeting workbook. Regardless of whether you take a traditional or agile budgeting approach, Robert A.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Or more precisely the people espousing the benefits of distributed startups teams are often distributed and therefore self rationalizing it.

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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many

Steve Blank

ONR is the Navy’s science and technology systems command. And they plan for a distributed fleet architecture, including 321 to 372 manned ships and 77 to 140 large, unmanned vehicles. The Hedge Strategy – Create “the small, the agile, and the many”. Instead, iterative design approaches dominate software design.

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How New Technologies Enabled These Young Entrepreneurs To Threaten The Traditional Retail Landscape

YoungUpstarts

While large corporations are struggling with the digital transformation, small agile firms emerge every day and challenge traditional retailers. However, the two founders urge to have all media, distribution channels and marketing materials (website, webstore, Instagram etc.) finalized before the crowdfunding campaign.

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Why SMEs Need IT Support Amidst The Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

The mass worry of the pandemic, paired with the subpar security systems that many remote workers are burdened with, has resulted in a myriad of easy targets for those who profit off of the distribution of malware. If done sensibly and securely, remote working can be incredibly advantageous for any flexible and agile business.