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. I LOVED it because, the presenting part was over quickly and we got into specific issues that the founders had in terms of getting things built. CTO Founder - Do they really still need a technical advisor?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

There was a lot of passion in the room last week when I presented Working with Developers at the Stubbs Precellerator. I guess it should not be a surprise that Founders have lots of challenges working with developers. Developers (and Founders) are challenged to know how much is okay in terms of bugs.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Early adopter verticals — such as software development and tech sales — is mostly in Gen 3. And my framework here also applies mostly to the US, with other part of the world ahead and behind the pacing I’ve suggested above. Not every industry and not every profession has moved through these generations in sync.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 On Launching and Finding Early Traction.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

by Rob Bellenfant, founder and CEO of TechnologyAdvice. You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning. Defining Agile.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 20, 2021

” As the only technical founder of the group, I could offer some suggestions regarding the software development aspect. There are several checkpoints in the development of a new feature where you can check for quality. In the software development world, you can look at techniques like the Planning Poker.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Last week friend of Forward Partners Douglas Squirrel published a post about Sustainable engineering on The Path Forward in which he advises founders on how to scale their engineering effort.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below. Can the Right Lead Developer Address This? Accounting?

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? The good news is that many of the founders that I talk to who are trying to find the lead developer want someone who can grow into the CTO role.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

While it sounds simple , the Build Measure Learn approach to product development is a radical improvement over the traditional Waterfall model used throughout the 20 th century to build and ship products. Back then, an entrepreneur used a serial product development process that proceeded step-by-step with little if any customer feedback.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

30 Founders Share Why Their Startups Failed | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1ssh53n. Always Wrong, Never In Doubt: A 7 Step Framework For Starting a Company | by @DanMartell - crowdspring.co/1sTawss. Why Startups Fail, According to Their Founders – crowdspring.co/1CdmkGz. You Should Run Your Startup Like a Cult.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

These are highly-skilled people that make up critical parts of your software development teams. But today, the equilibrium is shifting for many founders. Next-generation chat, video calling, and project management software help keep teams in sync. Collaboration tools have improved.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

In my post Making Money With Blogs , I have articulated some of my thoughts on the subject and presented some possible models that would enable blogs and small media properties to sustain themselves with a proper revenue framework. One of them is the 1M/1M Affiliate Program we announced today at the roundtable.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. The founders, Sunil Guttula and Abinasha Karana, are experienced IT professional with 15 years of experience between them solving various enterprise IT problems. Toward that end, they have created two products.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Customer Development process says preserve your cash by not hiring anyone in sales and marketing until the founders turn hypotheses into facts and you have found product/market fit. Which seems to offer an understanding of “customer development&# that’s quite different the Four Steps to the Epiphany approach.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

Founders Can’t Scale: Fact or Fiction? Founders Can’t Scale: Fact or Fiction? A Framework for Maximizing Startup Marketing Effectiveness | by Tomasz Tunguz – crowdspring.co/1g5sEuQ. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. A dramatic example of this is a software development agency offering UX and UI services. As a solo-founder at the time, that was huge. And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

A third of all venture backed companies that went public in the last six years had at least one immigrant founder – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. UI Design Frameworks | Graphic Design Junction – [link].

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

With the right framework, any startup can achieve this in their industry. On brand building, Intuit co-founder Scott Cook once said: “A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is, it is what consumers tell each other it is.”. Which do you choose? You’ll probably choose Coke because it’s more familiar. It’s the safer bet.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Internship Title: Marketing Intern Compensation: Paid Description: This role works closely with the founders to uncover and explore new online and offline marketing possibilities for the company. No need for phone calls, emails or mirroring, just press the help button within the UI and customer support can see everything the user sees.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. The Anti-Social Era: Lessons Learned from Vimeo Founder Jake Lodwick – [link]. The Anti-Social Era: Lessons Learned from Vimeo Founder Jake Lodwick – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

The founder’s empty nest: letting go of every detail. | An In-Depth Comparison Between iOS Map Frameworks: Apple MapKit vs. Google Maps SDK | Co.Labs – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Kin – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Andrew Ellis, one of the co-founders of SignNow.com, was so enthusiastic about his company, I’m going to let him do most the talking on this one: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? than it is to explain how the 1999 UETA and 2000 ESIGN Acts and our https framework help keep us secure.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Four traits of successful non-technical solo founders | QUIBB – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 17 Flexible Grid Tools and Frameworks for Responsive Websites – [link]. Resistance is futile.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

No newly hired sales and marketing exec is going to tell a founder, “Hey my prior experience and assumptions may not actually be relevant to this new startup.” The Outsourcing of Founders Responsibility The Product Development model separates founders from deeply understanding their customers and market.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Who Uses a Consulting CTO I’m going to focus on the needs of the founders of startup companies: Founders of startups use a consulting CTO when they have business vision but limited knowledge of the technology needed to launch their company. Not all software developers are suited to the role of startup CTO.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Software Developer. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications. at Tableau Software. Front-end UI Software Engineer. IT staffing, consulting and software development services. Co-founder, National Editor. Co-founder, National Editor. Co-founder, National Editor. 07/06/2012.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

net is the only framework in which you can build an app for all the major mobile operating systems (iphone, android, wp7). First of all,NET is a “framework”, not a “language” as you have said in your post. It’s an *freaking open source*.net net implementation. Checkout [link].net March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why. I’d love to get involved in Founders Institute. Start a blog.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Use frameworks in interviews to explain your qualifications and show your thought-processes. I wasn’t a very good software developer, and I was only modestly capable as a UX designer, but I learned enough to recognize clean code and effective, inspiring design when I saw it. Creativity is also a must for product managers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

18 Startup Founders Share Their Lowest Moments Before Coming Out On Top – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The Ultimate Roundup of Responsive Grids and Frameworks for WordPress Projects – [link].

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Other startups don’t but, like the Rails community, may one day find themselves asking What Do We Do When Apocalyptically Bad Things Happen On Our Framework of Choice? Mostly, I sell software.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Agile Vancouver : Lean Development for Lean Times On Tuesday April 21st, we are hosting an afternoon event on the application of Lean Principles to software development. This workshop brings together leading thinkers from Lean Production and Lean software. Thank you so much!)

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2009

You can be completely focused on building your product, and still lose large amounts of time trying to perfect your architecture, or learn some new framework to use within your application. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) In the meantime, I hope some of you will find the lean startup a helpful framework. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. And I got to experience a type of customer buying behavior I had never seen before – the Novelty Effect. steve MIchael W. ,

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