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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

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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. But everyone’s situation is unique.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

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million software developers worldwide. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. Our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators has a list of questions any good development team would ask. Avoid them.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Are there other founders, business leaders, partners, or administrators? Accounting Beyond reviewing transactions, what accounting support do you need? Team and Process Are you using, or planning to use any software development methodologies? How big is the anticipated development team? Fulfillment?

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Charles Edge :: Partner, 318 Author :: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book April 16, 2007 1:37 AM Shashank said. Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

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At the end of the day, the product development team of a startup (large or small) is a service organization. It exists to serve the needs of customers, and it does this by offering its capabilities to other functions in the company, and partnering with them. I am basically a one-man shop.

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Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup?

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For Non-Trival Tasks It’s Hard to Hire Good Developers The obvious way past this hurdle would be to hire the skills you are missing. If you can find a developer or development team then you’ll have the capabilities to tell you what is feasible, what is not, and then to actually build the thing.

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