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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

The conversations are interesting and varied because they’re about new, exciting, different things. But there are some common elements too. ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. We keep these pain points at top of mind throughout the review.

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Neil Patel Review: Learning Marketing Entrepreneurship From The Master

YoungUpstarts

He made another mistake, investing in a web hosting company called Vision Web Hosting. In 2006, together with Hiten Shah, Neil founded Crazy Egg, a heatmap platform for websites to use to increase their conversion rates. ACS did pretty well, earning some important clients, and Neil continued to look for more ways to make money.

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Future of Work Software That Focuses on EQ Not Just IQ

Hunter Walker

Early adopter verticals — such as software development and tech sales — is mostly in Gen 3. Especially during the second half of last year the convergence of the COVID pandemic, US political race and societal outrage over George Floyd’s murder, resulted in CEOs confronting a host of situations that weren’t on their roadmap.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. It needs to be a conversation. Video (and Audio) - if you have video, are you hosting it or can we use YouTube, Vimeo? Dates/times for posting?

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