ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 30, 2021

User Interface Design is the core and start of any digital product. Some of the processes which UX includes are interaction design, wireframes and prototypes, information architecture, user and market research, and many more. Why should you hire a UI UX Development Partner? Pages load faster than before.

Mobile 78

Mobile Partner Developer Technical Review 78

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

He moved out to Colorado to attend CU Boulder, starting a degree in Architecture only to find out he was more passionate about Business. You must have a passion for the problem and a love for building great products. It can be a small and nimble startup like Origin, or a company with 50 employees and hiring more every quarter.

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Lean Colorado Engineer 132

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Product or services. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Don’t outsource your core competency.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

You can’t afford and don’t want to hire a full-time CTO or architect. Through this he defined aspects like “deep dives into our marketing strategy” and “product feedback and product strategy.” In Bob’s post, he tells startup founders to get smart on product design, software architecture and development process.

Advisory Board 241

Advisory Board Fractional CTO CTO Hire Startup 241

blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data. While interviewing such a wide cross section of people, I realized that I had a golden opportunity to test some of the prevalent folk wisdom about hiring. As soon as you get someone who’s never been an engineer making hiring decisions, you need to set up proxies for aptitude.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Product or services. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Don’t outsource your core competency.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

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. Here are but a few you and the business could stumble upon: 1.

Technical Review 180

Technical Review Architecture Software Review Reputation 180

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. Adam Gilbert , My Body Tutor.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

The Next Web

JANUARY 25, 2014

At DoubleDutch (where we make mobile applications for trade shows and conferences), this iOS 7 announcement provided an opportunity for us to reevaluate the state of our product. Through this process, I learned about the phases of startups, the consequences of growth, and when to rethink your product from the ground up.

Mobile 129

Mobile Architecture CTO Hire Engineer 129

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram? 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. Still, a product is nothing without scalability.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Rinse & repeat. It takes options off of the table. You have a hunch.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Bulgaria Lean 374

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2016

You need to bring in the right people to build your product. This idea of flexible generalists hired early leads to another question: How do you then vet potential hires? You need someone who can make strong architectural decisions and isn’t going to take out a massive Technical Loan. It is just you. System/Ops.

Engineer 149

Engineer Hiring Non-Compete Dividend 149

Business Plan Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Web Development Firm hired to do “Conceptualization Phase” – This usually includes thorough wire-framing (Paid per project). Your web/mobile idea needs to be transformed into a working product/service. Furthermore, your CTO will be able to hire a development team that can build out your idea in appropriate phases.

CTO Hire 55

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Architecture Cofounder 55

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

When an organization is within the startup phase, the first thing on their mind is “How do we get our product to market as fast as possible?” followed up by “How do we scale our product(s) the fastest and most efficient way possible?”. Do we have an internet connected product/app? by Andrew Ostashen, co-founder of Vulsec.

Security 100

Security Intellectual Property CTO Hire Offshore 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Product or services. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Don’t outsource your core competency.

Software 129

Software Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete 129

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Compare that to SparkToro’s account, which is more mostly product-focused. Posting only about your product on your personal profile is unlikely to garner a large audience. Their private group, Semrush All-Stars , provides users with a way to find help using the product and interpreting results. Image source. Image source.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 23, 2018

You should not have to hire an IT specialist to add new content to your website. You need to be able to add new products, remove the items that were sold already, and inform your visitors about the latest offers and deals. They do not realize that achieving their SEO goals is impossible without the right website architecture.

eCommerce 77

eCommerce Analytics SEO Architecture 77

Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2011

“Re-architect and re-write” the product. He hired an operating exec as the CEO a few years ago. He told the board that the only way to to deliver these changes is to re-write our product.&# Customers couldn’t care less whether it was delivered via spaghetti code, alien spacecraft or a completely new product.

Part-Time VPE 318

Part-Time VPE Agile Engineer Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Whenever I meet a team that had a consulting firm (even a great one) build their product it’s an immediate “pass&# from me. Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders. You still have some leeway to hire above them if need be. Every great tech startup needs one.

Fractional CTO 400

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 400

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. We didnt think wed able to compete with that.

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. The Face of the Product and Technology A CTO is often the face of the technology and product. They will attend conferences and tradeshows to evangelize your product and technology.

Fractional CTO 54

Fractional CTO CTO Hire CTO Technical Review 54

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Magento offers a good architectural framework for optimization and scaling, as well as a predictable architecture that makes the work of the IT team transparent to the business. For instance, you can hire a dedicated magento developer at Elogic. But in the world of CMS, Magento development now occupies a leading position.

Developer 133

Developer Technology Architecture Russia 133

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Those countries relying on agriculture or oil production tend to have high unemployment rates and wide skills gaps. The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences. Project/ Product Management.

Africa 75

Africa Benin Seychelles Nigeria 75

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Twenty eight years ago I was the bright, young, eager product marketing manager called out to the field to support sales by explaining the technical details of Convergent Technologies products to potential customers. They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors.

Technology 138

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 138

Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2011

The first version of the product was based on an architectural approach that didn’t aptly satisfy all players in the ecosystem and wasn’t flexible enough. Jud is an extremely experienced CTO / technical product manager and developer, but had never been a CEO. The last three months have been pleasantly insane.

CTO Hire 131

CTO Hire Cofounder Architecture Product Development 131

Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2023

Entrepreneurs often have a vision and a passion for their ideas, products, or services. When I have complete freedom over my time and tasks, I am most creative and productive. Thanks to Sanjay Gupta, Gurin Products ! #12- Starting a business requires a strong motivation to solve a problem or fill a gap in the market.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Finance Affiliate Social Media 109

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product. These hires were definitely not your standard marketing types.

Engineer 198

Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 198

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? That means knowing whats written and whats not, what the architecture can and cant support, and how long it would take to build something new. Thats more than just drawing architecture diagrams, though.

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They tend to have the knack for architecture. They tend to know the operations side of a software business well enough to be the one overseeing deploys, crafting the infrastructure plans, and monitoring the health of the product. Common sense says you'd do your best to hire or otherwise permanently engage that lead developer.

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup Architecture 150

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Over the last twenty years, the Internet has enabled entrepreneurial upstarts to establish new companies, creating enormous amounts of wealth, jobs of the future here in the United States, and improving the lives of consumers and the productivity of businesses.

Colorado 150

Colorado Internet Intellectual Property United States 150

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 2, 2021

Reduce the Need to Hire Additional Personnel. With a dependable video surveillance system, the productivity of your employees can be efficiently monitored while also letting you dodge the extra costs of hiring additional personnel. Even the most effective managers and supervisors cannot be in various places simultaneously.

Video 52

Video Technical Review Security Architecture 52

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. Unlike Intel chips, MIPS chip architecture also made it possible to plug in a math co-processor.

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

With these building blocks in place, you’ll have the architecture to build a sustainable culture that delivers outstanding service every day. These important considerations are made during the hiring process at Google and Zappos, respectively. Every new hire sends a message to everyone else. Common Service Language.

Singapore 170

Singapore Architecture Metrics Hiring 170

Ben's Blog

MAY 14, 2010

Most dramatically, when I was Director of Product Management at Netscape, I was feeling frustrated by how little value most product managers added to the business. Product managers that I previously thought were hopeless became effective. Productivity. Product Quality. I was shocked by what happened next.

Architecture 78

Architecture Technical Review Startup Employee 78

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2021

hired a hypnotherapist to help me apply mindfulness practices to my creative business. Instead, I participate in their programs, buy their products, and consume their content to absorb their genius and become a better person and CEO. Years later, when my business was upscaling, I started hiring talent to work for my brand.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Technical Review Advisory Board Leadership 126

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

For example, a new incremental product will launch to your existing customer base, with immediate impact in the millions of dollars — something a small company will take years to accumulate. Companies in the scaling phase feel like this too. In most ways you are moving faster than ever, particularly when you’re moving in a straight line.

Architecture 236

Architecture Government Finance Security 236

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. The first obstacle I found that weeds out many prospective hires (and by weeding out I mean they look at it, go "pffft" and move on) are HR practices and the companies' job sites.

Europe 139

Europe India Hiring Engineer 139