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Software Development Companies in Southern California

SoCal CTO

They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. But where do the software development companies in Southern California congregate? Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.

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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent.

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How Companies Can Claim R&D Tax Credits Software Benefits

The Startup Magazine

In the state of California, for example, software development and technological companies are provided a credit of up to 7.5% Although the California credit must be added to the income tax liability, in some cases, the federal credit can be applied against federal payroll tax. Developing custom APIs. of the qualified expenses.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) Where Are the Customers? Product Development Diagram 1.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part.

Steve Blank

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Three to six months after first customer ship, if Sales starts missing its numbers, the board gets concerned.

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Let's Fire Our Customers

Steve Blank

Pattern Recognition One of the great things about being an entrepreneur is that you are constantly running a pattern recognition algorithm against a continual collection of customer and market data. Let’s Fire Our Customers Part of the DNA of great entrepreneurs is a bias towards decisive and immediate action. Get it done, now.

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