Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” Some people are too independent to be partner material. Neither partner needs to be managed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ Ten Steps in Choosing the Right Startup Partner ”. The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. You may be too independent to be partner material. Compatible work styles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal business partner. In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” You may be too independent to be partner material. Does not need to be managed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

The simple answer is to find a business partner, not an “implementer,” who already has the technical experience you need, and is willing and able to run that side of the business. If you are an entrepreneur, like Andrew Mason , CEO of Groupon, with a degree in music and no technical business partner to be found, your job is a bit harder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Find customers, partners and channels early. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Find customers, partners and channels early. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While most of the early attention in a startup is paid to finding product market fit ( the match between value proposition and customer segment on the right-side of the canvas) it’s the left side of the canvas that will tell you what your founding team should look like. Or can we outsource these activities to Partners?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2012

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Find customers, partners and channels early. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

Agile 230

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Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Find customers, partners and channels early. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

The simple answer is to find a business partner, not an “implementer,” who already has the technical experience you need, and is willing and able to run that side of the business. If you are an entrepreneur, like Andrew Mason , CEO of Groupon, with a degree in music and no technical business partner to be found, your job is a bit harder.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

But finding the right local partner isn’t easy, and even if you do find one, gaining a foothold in the massive Chinese mobile market takes patience, insight, and strategy. The right partners. When partnering in China, don’t be afraid to get creative. The short answer is simple: Partnership. Seeing double. Strategy shift.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

All you old software development types will recognize the analogy to the traditional two year “waterfall model” of software development, which has been totally replaced with the Agile iterative methodology. Find customers, partners and channels early. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? Where are you today and what's happening right now? What have you done so far to validate the concept? What’s different, special here?

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives. You can't mix and match.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? Where are you today and what's happening right now? What have you done so far to validate the concept? What’s different, special here?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

9-More precise algorithms to match couples. I am the CEO and co-founder of a dating app called So Syncd that is based on matching compatible personality types. This is a future trend I see in the dating app space: The next generation of dating apps will match people based on more than just looks. 16- Rise of citizen developers.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

James Kenigsberg is the Chief Technology Officer and a founding team member at 2U , an educational technology company that partners with universities to offer online degree programs. Innovative technology helps us serve our world more effectively, and businesses have the potential to develop and deploy these solutions.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

I’m seeing more people using credit cards for financing,” says David Worrell, founding partner of Rock Solid Finance , which helps business owners find solutions to their financing problems. So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Charles Edge :: Partner, 318 Author :: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book April 16, 2007 1:37 AM Shashank said. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. This methodology improved on waterfall by building software iteratively and involving the customer. It’s a really big idea because what you build needs to match the hypothesis you want to test. Microsoft Windows 3.0).

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

To create this guide, we partnered with Larry Kim, the CEO of MobileMonkey , a popular Facebook Messenger Marketing platform used by millions of users worldwide. Anyone can use easy to use tools from a company like MobileMonkey to create chatbots in minutes without any help from software developers.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This includes all developer experience and related touch points from source control, build tooling, continuous integration, deployment machinery, DevOps, and release strategy. HireStarter SPMB Stringer Executive Search The Bidding Network Whiterock Partner s Douglas Ferguson is a Fractional CTO and founder of Voltage Control.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Rumored to be appox.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. Each stage needs a clearly defined set of objectives, and the right team to match those objectives. Each stage needs a clearly defined set of objectives, and the right team to match those objectives.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Work better now provides outstanding talent from Latin America, hand matched to your business with over 40 roles across various industries, including marketing. They're a reliable partner for consistently finding the perfect fit for your business. John (11:15): And now a word from our sponsor, work better now.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

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. Admittedly, I love all of the above, and if none of this sounds underwhelming, you probably are a good personality match for product management.)

Management 85

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Because we wanted to document every aspect of the process before partnering with new freelance writers. A dramatic example of this is a software development agency offering UX and UI services. A safe approach is to partner with contractors and freelancers to fulfill new business. What to do when your pivot doesn’t work.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Mistake #2: Using the Default Match Type Next, enter your term and hit “search.&# “Oh man, 27,100 people per month search for antidisestablishmentarianism. You don’t want broad match… you want exact match. Mistake #1: Log in! This is precisely our target market. That’s mistake #2. D’oh.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. And what I think you heard in that, like "I accidentally created a software development competition," is actually not quite right. Life essential services, job matching training resources.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm , the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs. From a pattern matching perspective, it makes sense that we’d prefer founding CEOs, but as I said in an earlier post, pattern matching is not knowledge.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

Remember that line item on your paycheck that said something about retirement matching? As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense. No one’s matching your 401(k) anymore, and you should be putting away at least 10% of what you make.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Thanks to automatic mediation, developers can monetize their mobile apps with minimal effort while being in control and running direct deals and their house ads. With cross platform SDKs and ad partners in 200 countries, developers receive a complete solution and their revenue grows accordingly. Screenz - Company Website.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

11- Inspired by the term software development kit. Then I went on to GoDaddy and I mixed and matched words until I found the right fit for my startup. Then I went on to GoDaddy and I mixed and matched words until I found the right fit for my startup. Thanks to Alistair Dodds, Smoking Chili Media ! #11-

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

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. Have an account?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

All it needs is multi methods and pattern matching and it would be the coolest language ever. This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. Wow, you’ve clearly never actually built a real.NET app or worked with a decent.NET developer.

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