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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

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Another tip (whether outsourcing or developing in-house, make sure you follow the “2-man&# rule, which means that you should have at least 2 people familiar with your code which gives you insurance in case one goes away or moves on. PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money. Start a blog.

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Twitter Link Roundup #82 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

US newspaper revenues faced a 30% decline 2007-09. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. An Interview With Twitter’s Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass – [link]. YouTube starting to roll out a live service – [link].

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure. The main causes are: Client fails to precisely express their requirements to the vendor; Client continuously changes their mind during the development process; A poorly constructed development contract.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.

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Cracking The Code: Why I disagree with Tony Zingale on the future.

Cracking the Code

Capital requirements are NOT much lower than for traditional software development, in fact they are much higher (70% to 100% more) for several reasons that you can read here - Both time to market and break even are also NOT shorter than traditional software companies. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr.

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Twitter Link Roundup #212 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Tech hubs have better inequality performance since 2007 than other large cities. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Solve existing problems - crowdspring.co/1oI7svX. PPI analysis of Brookings data – progressivepolicy.org/?p=34822.

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Twitter Link Roundup #83 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

US newspaper revenues faced a 30% decline 2007-09. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Interesting perspective about possible problems at Twitter – [link]. TV advertising is back, says @edwardboches – [link].