Agile, Mobile and Software Engineering

Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

As noted in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , this is a symptom of the old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. Conclusion Bottom line – if you are an early-stage startup with online or mobile technology as part of your solution, you ABSOLUTELY NEED a technical advisor.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

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. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two. It just didn't dawn on me how common this need is.

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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This could be by using a mobile app, interactive website, or some other digital platform. Consider Agile or one of its variants for a flexible approach to building top-shelf mobile apps or interactive websites. Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation.

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Why Real Learning is Outside the Building, Not Demo Day

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We think teaching teams a formal methodology around the Lean Framework (Business Model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) is a natural evolution of how successful incubators/accelerators will build startups. Here’s the story of one such team; Jonathan Wylie, Lakshmi Shivalingaiah and the Evoke team.

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Affordable and Efficient App Development

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Evaluate your potential developers’ knowledge, experience, and the skills listed on their software engineer resume. For example, an agile software development lifecycle model encourages self-organization and motivation rather than the delegation of authority and a seniority hierarchy.

Developer

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Case Study: Lean UX at work

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Originally a waterfall shop, we transitioned to Agile development about two years ago. Now entering our third year with Agile we’re continually trying to improve the efficiency, productivity and velocity of the various teams. Levels of Agile adoption span the full spectrum across our 6 Scrum teams.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

That’s why it’s smarter to embrace the agile approach and constantly test your idea on the market to learn about the needs and desires of your target. Thomas is a software engineer at an app development agency and a fan of everything IT, mobile and tech-related. Choose the right location.

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6 Lifehacks That Will Help You Save On Mobile App Development

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The cost of a mobile app depends on a variety of factors such as functionality, design, supported platforms, targeted audience, integration points etc. There isn’t a single software project where price doesn’t matter. In this article, Belitsoft experts have gathered 6 useful ways to optimize spending on your next mobile app project.

Mobile

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

You’ve seen this with companies like StackOverflow and Github in software engineering or Behance in visual design. GrabCAD continues to grow like a weed with over 70,000 mechanical engineers who have downloaded CAD models from the community over 1.2 GrabCAD is similarly changing the game for mechanical disciplines.

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We Flew To SXSW So You Don’t Have To

Austin Startup

MARCH 17, 2017

In the digital age, you have to look at new avenues to engage with your audience and that typically involves mobile. Diagram from the 2014 Design Value Index Results and Commentary ( source ) Summary I believe the lesson here is that organizations have to shift the way they have built products historically, and take on a more agile approach.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

They do a great job at building an amazing culture, and they are able to keep a small company feel in terms of speed and agility because they keep the teams small and have basically broken the company up into a whole bunch of companies. Google is in my opinion the best big company to work at. Thanks to Janet Wu, SilkRoll ! #7

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

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). Depending upon your inventory (online, mobile, etc.) The key is to get the outsourced team locked in for the long term and to build your own lean/agile culture.

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An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Mobile Design. StuntCoders Located in Belgrade, SERBIA StuntCoders is agile team of freelance software engineers who love their call. Mobile Design. I own and run Usability Geek where I evangelize about the importance of making the web a usable place and, more importantly, how to do it. Ah yes, I like to Tweet too!

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. And if you’re doing Windows Mobile 7 apps (which the stats suggest you aren’t), it’s your only choice. It is clear that good software engineers avoid you.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. So, while your post is a good summary (of things that cant be learned quickly. BTW: great keynote at Railsconf!

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