TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

It plays a crucial role in product development too, where generative AI speeds up design processes, streamlines testing, and tailors user experiences effectively. By processing and analyzing large datasets, AI can identify emerging trends, enabling companies to align their product strategies with future market demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. Be compulsive about scheduling time for your team.

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Leadership Technical Review Technical Cofounder Development Team Review 318

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2018

Evaluating the option will help assess the schedule and obtain the average rating. By doing so, you increase worker productivity and operate better in daily tasks. The easiest method is to evaluate every option with numbers. If your criteria aren’t equal, you must take a weighted average. Create Exceptions. Conclusion.

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Development Team Review Developer Algorithm Software Review 140

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Agile methodology is well-suited to the ever-changing startup environment due to its iterative nature and short cycles called sprints. It allows for an ongoing feedback loop, which guarantees that the provided product can adapt to changing needs and allows for rapid revisions.

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Framework SCRUM Management Agile 143

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2020

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. Be compulsive about scheduling time for your team.

Leadership 326

Leadership Technical Review Development Team Review Startup 326

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

Conduct a post-action review. If the company has employees, by implicating the entire team, each member can obtain a clear view of the process and contribute to future fixes and enhancements. Assess both the short- and long-term financial impact. sales to product development), the problems will continue to exist.

Customer 347

Customer Development Team Review Advisory Board Private Equity 347

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Great product exposure and a sales team dedicated to improving the lives of your customer base act as the face of your company. In order to truly find success this must be matched by a development team that consistently strives to deliver truly life-bettering products and services that customers keep coming back for.

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Development Team Review Security Advertising Technical Review 205

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We see this all the time at Forward Partners where we invest right from the idea stage and most of the companies get a first version of their product live for less than £30k (that generally includes founder salaries and time spent doing customer research). Entrepreneurs can now achieve an awful lot with very little money.

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Early Stage Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review 119

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

It’s not enough to review the localized website and decide it’s not offensive. This will help you find defects earlier and produce a more polished product. It assesses the website’s core functionality so you’ll be able to determine if it’s ready for the more thorough, larger-scale testing to begin.

Development Team Review 158

Development Team Review Software Review SEO Audience 158

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

In the book, the authors highlight and explain many different strategies to help aspiring entrepreneurs brainstorm, shape and refine ideas into hopefully a minimum viable product, all in the space of, yup, 54 hours.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Development Team Review Startup Cofounder 157

The Next Web

MARCH 6, 2014

Here’s a problem I bet every non-technical founder has experienced: the communication gap between what the biz dev team wants and what the tech team thinks they want, and vice versa. You need to build trust between these teams. This makes people more aware of what their team members are up to and creates more harmony.

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Development Team Review Developer Agile 129

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

a San Antonio-based cyber security startup, has secured $500k in additional seed funding to accelerate development of its’ assessment platform, Pulse. Led by Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners, the funding will be used to expand Infocyte’s development team ahead of their planned 1st Quarter 2015 product launch.

Development Team Review 78

Development Team Review San Antonio Networking Austin 78

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This comprehensive insight from Sally provides a roadmap for startups to make informed decisions, ensuring a robust foundation for their sales development journey. SDR Hiring Checklist When establishing a sales development team in the early stages, a meticulous hiring process is paramount.

Early Stage 78

Early Stage Sales Developer Development Team Review 78

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

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. Third party products are used appropriately. Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Review the code being built.

Technical Review 332

Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO Software Review 332

View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

Starting in 2009, Savoia began using an approach as an engineering director at Google that helped the tech giant know whether it was about to build the right product for the market … or a product that would flop. Having The Right It is essential for the following reason: Most new products and innovations fail in the market.

Product 120

Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

I’ll join in the due diligence for my angel group, test for myself, and develop my informed opinion. The detailed look at the technology comes during due diligence, not in the plan or during the pitch. It’s reviewed and revised frequently. Technology in business planning for owners and managers.

Technical Review 72

Technical Review Software Review Business Plan Development Team Review 72

SVPG

JUNE 25, 2013

We often work together to help product teams. We have both long argued that the best way to evaluate product teams is by their results; the outcome they generate, not their output. Team Staffing: Is there a strong product manager/owner? Does the team have a clear vision for what they are trying to create?

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Developer Product Development Team Review Software Review 65

Small Business Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Most companies develop products that they either "think" their customers or market need or they let their ego believe that they "know" what their customers want because they, themselves, would use their product. Few entrepreneurs or small business owners involve their customers in the product development process.

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Development Team Review Product Development Developer Customer 36

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Your IT Reviewer. They’ll push you on your uptime SLA, they’ll push for harsher penalties for non-compliance, they demand security reviews … heck – if you’re small enough they’ll push for “ source code deposits.” Procurement (or Biz Dev Team or M&A Department).

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Development Team Review Software Review Demand Software 293

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

[and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me]. Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. It got quite good reviews in the media: TechCrunch , LifeHacker & PandoDaily and many others.

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Development Team Review Los Angeles San Francisco Mobile 324

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

Google is notorious for this, releasing many of its products in beta form — and sometimes even leaving them in that phase for years. But this relatively new trend of testing products publicly has led to some misunderstandings of what it actually means to launch a “beta” product. Shorter development time. Expanded uses.

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Customer Development Team Review Cofounder Agile 231

Up and Running

OCTOBER 26, 2020

You’ll need to consider the design and build of product pages, setting up shipping and payment processing , and implementing the proper security protocols to protect customer’s data. Customizing a template can be a cost-effective option for a new site because it reduces the website team’s work. So, which should you choose?

eCommerce 149

eCommerce Development Team Review Hosting Security 149

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2020

Using your data and their machine-learning algorithm, the tool predicts (over 95% accurate) the date your products will land on your customers’ doorstep. Fera can even tailor elements like reviews to feature past buyers whose profiles align with those of current shoppers. That’s where FenixCommerce comes in.

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eCommerce Sales Software Review Development Team Review 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2016

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. Be compulsive about scheduling time for your team.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Development Team Review Leadership Cofounder 136

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

Here are the scrum components: Roles: Team, Product owner, Scrum Master and Team. Events: Sprint planning meeting, Release planning, Daily scrum meeting, Review meeting and Sprint retrospective. Articrafts: Product backlog, Sprint backlog. So it requires either an experienced team, or outside advisors.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review Framework 91

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. The issue is that existing products focus on endpoints and on-premise datastores. Sub-categories include DLP (e.g.

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Cloud Cofounder Architecture Technical Cofounder 62

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Frustration is mounting.

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San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Who's the customer?

Fractional CTO 264

Fractional CTO CTO Hire NDA Technical Review 264

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. Be compulsive about scheduling time for your team.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Development Team Review Leadership Cofounder 120

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of the founders of these companies are surprised to learn that I'm willing to review what they are doing (maybe an hour) and get on the phone for an hour with them and provide free advice. Maybe you are wondering if you have a Weak Development Team ? Do you have a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Who's the customer?

Fractional CTO 259

Fractional CTO CTO Hire NDA Technical Review 259

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Most successful business plans entail launching a new product, service, or distribution outlet that attacks existing market competitors on what military planners would term an exposed flank. Often, executing a flank attack involves developing new technology. Wendy’s attack on McDonalds on a national scale was leading edge at that time.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

Transformify

JANUARY 2, 2021

Review and optimization: even after all the project milestones are reached, it’s necessary to take some time to test and review. Let’s discuss some of the necessary project management methodologies for managing a remote team. Make sure people understand the goals for communication and what they should deliver.

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SCRUM Management Development Team Review Agile 98

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Once things get off-track, you will lose hours of productive time for your team and the person you’re onboarding. By the time you know you have an issue, a mutual loss of confidence between you and the new team member is likely. Here’s how we do it: Remote Developer Team Integration Done Right.

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Engineer Software Review Hiring Development Team Review 150

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

For example, manufacturing companies use On-demand courier delivery apps for kickstarting their production activities in their factories and plants. The user chooses a particular courier service – and adds important information like the type of products to be delivered, pick-up, delivery destination, and deadline for delivery.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. That may mean waiting till you have a product before you add salespeople. The components are simple - expenses and income.

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