maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves. During the last 2 years of building two startups with a massive development plan we at the same time built 400+ websites on a contract basis.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

He correctly identifies the three disciplines that have to be represented in a balanced and collaborative manner: developer, designer, distributer. Note: in a non-tech environment these would be R&D, product development, and sales/marketing. Someone who can actually CSS/HTML/*script the design they just made.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Web Development Tools. Great for visualizing work of product development. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs. Venture Hacks Angel List â?? raise money with angel investors. Use Sendgrid! Rackspace â??

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