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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Each of these three concepts demands extensive consideration in the specific context of the project and the organization as a whole.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)

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Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I was surprised by this, as I thought Seth was going to discuss another option I’ve seen used with great success: customer financing. Customer financing is not popular with startups because it’s hard. Why Don’t More Startups Do This?

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

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And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment.

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Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? By the time Mint launched we had more traffic than all the other personal finance sites (buxfer, geezeo, wesabe) combined.&# #8 TinyTechnician on 10.14.10 Photo by DeclanTM This article is #7 in a series about startup marketing.

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Native App vs. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce?

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Choosing Between Mobile and Native Apps One of the resounding themes for mobile software developers in 2011 is the debate between building a native app or building a mobile web app. While some developers are looking at ways to build hybrid solutions , this is a topic that continues to become more complex.

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