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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners. That died with waterfall software development.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

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Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

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Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Application programming Expertise: PHP, ColdFusion, AJAX, Web Services (RSS, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.). Build a team – we have plans to hire at a minimum 2 more engineers once funded with many more to follow and you will be hand selecting your team. Drowning American. Post navigation.

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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

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Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. The first time we hired partners for Kibin was way back in late 2009. I’ve heard people say it’s impossible to hire good developers right now. I want to hire before I have the ability to pay anyone.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

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And when — if ever — do you need to hire your own full- or part-time, in-house dev to work on your website and applications? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers. check them out at: www.amt.in

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

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Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Ensure staff, partners, customers, and board understand the business technological vision. Firstly, theres no one-size-fits-all description.