Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

Use existing team to find a new manager or peer. If you already have some technical people on board, like software developers, and need a new manager, you supply the candidates based on credentials, and let them do initial interviews and make recommendations. Outsource your technical requirements.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Product Architecture. A well-developed product architecture helps a startup to achieve rapid market/product fit by successfully appealing to customers (users).

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

For these reasons and more, companies realized that certain workloads and data sets were better suited for their data centers , while others required a “web” scale architecture that would reach a global audience without friction or resistance. Intel-AMD x86 / X64 architectures (Second Platform consolidated).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Product Architecture. A well-developed product architecture helps a startup to achieve rapid market/product fit by successfully appealing to customers (users).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The project to project nature of the gig economy marries perfectly with that of engineering and architecture. Freelancing has already cleared the hurdles in tech — let’s unpack why now is the time for freelancing to reshape architecture and engineering. Companies can bid on more projects. Why globalization works.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

I am hearing from my project management team a bit of distrust in the technical capacity of our web development team. I think we suffer because of the distance and culture but the project management team takes every late delivery or small bug as evidence that the development team may not be capable. Great question.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2019

Who should be involved in enterprise architecture? If they are the only ones that are able to influence the enterprise architecture (EA), this is suboptimal. Therefore, it the contribution of all employees to the enterprise architecture should be stimulated. Contributions could still be controlled and approved by management.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

They combine business acumen, technical skill and project management expertise into successful project solutions. Before we delve into what the role of a solution architect is, let’s discuss the broad field of solution architecture. Solution architecture. Overseeing project management. Controlling solutions development.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

According to a design study spanning 10 year conducted by the Design Management Institute, design-driven companies outperform the S&P 500 by 228%! Develop a Unique Brand Identity As a SaaS startup, you’re entering a crowded and competitive market. So, if you’re running a SaaS company, never skimp on design!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Consultancy is a career option for professionals in a wide range of industries – marketing, finance, accountancy, architecture, business management, the list goes on. by Erin Yurday, CEO, Co-founder and Editor of NimbleFins. Here are the five risks you as a consultant should know about.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

What are the drivers behind these figures and why Africa is so polarized when it comes to skills development and unemployment rates? Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

From your team’s familiarity with the language, to development costs and available resources, there are many factors to consider when choosing a programming language. Let’s face it – you’re probably an excellent salesperson, a great networker and a capable businessman, but software development is a whole other story.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 29, 2022

One of the benefits of the cloud is that it gives development teams more agility and flexibility, but with increased flexibility comes the downside of a loss of control and visibility. Many of these products rely on an agent-centric architecture which must be installed on each endpoint in order to monitor data.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Magento e-commerce system is not very common in Russia where there are few serious implementations in domestic e-commerce, and there are almost no competent developers either. But in the world of CMS, Magento development now occupies a leading position. For instance, you can hire a dedicated magento developer at Elogic.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

From banking software to cell phones, as markets develop and grow, more user-friendly products with fewer but highly-polished features are winning the game. At the same time, tools that until yesterday were considered “less professional” or “not advanced” are replacing the more complex tools originally built for developers and geeks.

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Board Effect

MAY 20, 2019

They’re willing to lend support to management without micromanaging them. Successful boards work toward having consensus and agreement in where they believe they are in the business development stage. They respect clear division of the roles between managers and board directors. They use outside experts as necessary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Outsourcing for services needs to be carefully managed, and almost never works.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2019

Technical support specialists is another name for help desk technicians, operations analysts, or problem managers. Technical support technicians manage hardware and software issues at the basic user level. . Computer programmers help develop software programs. Web Developers . Mobile App Developers . billion.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Social Media Management Services. As we approach 2019, you should seriously consider if you have what it takes to develop a social media management service. You can definitely count on the continued development of technology. Website Development and Design. Businesses of all shapes and sizes need social media.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2017

This challenge has put immense pressure on CIOs to not only manage ever-growing data volumes, sources, and types, but to also support more and more data users as well as new and increasingly complex use cases. For companies, the situation is clear – their future depends on how quickly and efficiently they can turn data into accurate insights.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 24, 2021

Every day, search engine companies develop new technologies to appreciate the efforts in creating quality content. Website Architecture. In more technical terms, a website architecture must have codes that are properly formed for SEOs. The Website’s Content. How easy can visitors navigate through your site?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Outsourcing for services needs to be carefully managed, and almost never works.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

These tests were assembly language programs that tested for correct CPU operation, and management had budgeted 6-8 weeks to develop a particularly complex set of tests. I developed them in 3 days, by writing a C program to automatically generate the range of tests. Or, writing code to write CPU tests).

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

When we interview managers, one of our standard questions is “How do you think about code quality?” Besides unit testing, engineers also perform manual developer end-to-end testing. Developers will test from their own point of view, from having written the code. How do you define code quality? Technical design quality.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

Sales teams have been using their CRMs for basic, day-to-day-functions — such as managing customer information and tracking purchase history — for decades. In that time, CRMs have faithfully served as a place to store data, log notes, and manage contacts. Xavier was previously Director of Act!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Some CTO’s swear that it is a huge improvement in development timeframes and doesn’t cause performance issues. Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders. They often aren’t great at planning development work. The best technologists often aren’t amazing people managers.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” We have management buy-in, and they want to do the same for the rest of the services. Best Practices agile Failure obamacare rally development software'

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Ive attempted to embed the relevant slides below. Talk about waste.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2018

Most startups are created by one or two entrepreneurial founders, with a vision and focus on developing an innovative solution, rather than on developing people. Open architecture is more conducive to certain desired office behaviors, like collaboration and easy communication. Unfortunately, it’s easier said than done.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We started developing capabilities as part of that great power competition with the Soviet Union. There are five things we have to do to set up Space Force: Developing our own people is a big piece of what we’re focusing on. We need to develop space experts that understand how to operate in the contested domain.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

This certification will show proficiency in managing, designing, and troubleshooting wireless and wired networks. TOGAF is a framework used for developing enterprise architecture. You may consider some of the following as alternatives to the presented options: Linux Essentials Professional Development Certification.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

Use existing team to find a new manager or peer. If you already have some technical people on board, like software developers, and need a new manager, you supply the candidates based on credentials, and let them do initial interviews and make recommendations. Outsource your technical requirements.

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Technical Review Partner Entrepreneur Architecture 236

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Could $100,000 and the right developer skills make you an overnight billionaire? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Funding – Knowing the right people (and how to pitch them) so your business gains additional capital for the things that matter like product development, hiring, service, and expansion. Keep open communication among your team through team management software, culture training at the workplace, and setting great examples for the new recruits.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Recent developments in applications have rendered the firewall outdated and incapable of deciphering the good and trusted from the bad traffic. by David Nagrosst, head of sales for Cyxtera Technologies in Asia Pacific, Australia and Japan. Without a doubt, the firewall era has come to an end. The onset of death.

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Security Software Review Technical Review API 140

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It didn’t become an innovation until it was developed and deployed at scale. If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. that the Nazis – who got the idea from Goddard’s papers – developed missiles and jet aircraft first. That was a great invention.

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