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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Customers found it confusing and it turned out to be at odds with our fundamental value proposition (which really requires an independant IM network). There were a lot of questions about outsourcing/offshoring and startups. So we had to completely throw that code away, including all of its beatiful tests and specs. Talk about waste.

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Social, Agile, and Transformation: Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. Business minded, agile CIO with strong social networking background. startup cto. (18). Strategic Technology. Top Five Itineraries for the CIO's Offshore Visit.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model. Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. If there's a business co-founder with an idea looking to partner with me, they've flunked their first test if they weren't able to raise cash. From No To CTO.

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

David Teten

However, valuing the intangibles of time saving, expertise, network, etc. Partnering with a source of capital, connections, and expertise for a large equity chunk is often worth it in those scenarios (e.g., I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. There’s a huge caveat to the above comments. Rock Health).

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Trust me, once you’ve launched and achieved traction, you’ll have your pick of mentors, VCs, partners and all the legal expenses you need. No phone system. No legal muck.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Many good freelancers are very busy right now and can be found through networking with friends or linked in. Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Either that or theyre really bad.