The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

He is also the co-founder and CTO at Acquia, a company providing enterprise software for websites and commerce. The sharing and collaboration practices of the internet are extending to transportation (Uber), hotels (Airbnb), financing (Kickstarter, LendingClub), music services (Spotify) and even software development (Linux, Drupal).

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Cost Cofounder Open Source Software Developers 167

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It provides the freedom to partner with entrepreneurs and reduce the costs of agency work in exchange for equity in their startup. Why It’s Critical to Choose a Modern Software Development Technology. The experience of the agency’s initial founders likely dictates early business domains to target.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Things will cost more than you expect. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year. You will make mistakes.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

That blurb, and the following examples, were all generated from GPT in only a few seconds, at a cost of less than one penny. Happy customers mean happy CEOs and founders - and that’s what makes us happy. Are you a founder or CEO or head of product? Which means better conversions and happier customers.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 27, 2010

I was just interviewed by Frank Peters - Tony Karrer and the Founder-Developer Gap. I received a follow-up question from an early-stage startup about the Founder Developer Gap that I’ve described before and that was part of the interview with Frank. This needs to fit with risk, cost, schedule, flexibility, etc.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

And that costs more money than most people have in savings (minimum $100-500K). On the other side of the equation, there are a growing number of design, development, and digital media shops who are hungry to expand, or swap focus, to building a company that’s more than just a service shop. Others think the model can work.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Developer 60

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. How will we address these without significant cost?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The cost of entry has never been lower. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. The cost for the domain name is maybe $10/year, and the hosting starts around $50/year. This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world.

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Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. How will we address these without significant cost?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

by Erin Yurday, CEO, Co-founder and Editor of NimbleFins. Even if you are not found liable, a legal case can bear considerable costs, both in terms of time and money. Erin Yurday is the CEO, Co-founder and Editor of NimbleFins , a market research company specialised in aiding businesses and professionals in their decision-making.

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Intellectual Property Software Review Cofounder Architecture 165

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Things will cost more than you expect. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year. You will make mistakes.

Burn Rate 310

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Salary Angel Investor 310

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Offshore 238

TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. But as you’ve grown, it’s become cumbersome and constraining.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review Architecture 260

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While employees are often inspired by success stories and case studies of triumphant innovation tales of large companies, the cost of not innovating is often overlooked. Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000. Application Development Activity.

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Software Review Application Development Technical Review Bankruptcy 190

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Cost factors. The net may be less cost reduction than you thought.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. Skills might not be applicable to next project Employee turnover (loss of company-provided training and familiarity) 2.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. Ignoring the cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.

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Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 118

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Cost factors. The net may be less cost reduction than you thought.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Technical Review 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC.

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Technical Review Software Review Cofounder Social Network 218

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Code Collaborator is tool which helps software developers review each other’s work, just like an editor of a book. So the economics are obvious: If two developers would each normally spend an average of 30 minutes on a code review, once a day, that’s 20 hours of total time in a business-month. And we did.

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Software Review Product Software Developers Software Development 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

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.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO.

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 140

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". Cue sound of cicadas buzzing. (Or Making Oprah cry.

Software Review 261

Software Review Technical Review Viral Software Developers 261

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Examples: large bidders tripled the cost per click, Google’s SEO algorithm changed, the event organizers changed the rules or stopped doing the event, the link-sharing site became irrelevant, the hot blog lost its traffic, the magazine running the ads finally failed. The chunk of “the entire company.”

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Software Review Channel Revenue Non-Compete 294

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 On Launching and Finding Early Traction.

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Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 269

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2020

Software development is an ongoing project. We developed Pages based on actual conversations we had with our customers,” explains Kenny Rueter, Kajabi co-founder and CEO. “We That personal approach to software development has been a key feature of Kajabi’s culture since the company launched in 2010.

Software Developers 81

Software Developers Software Development Equity Software 81

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

It’s important to have a report that allows for a comparison of the quoted or budgeted cost with the actual cost, as well as letting the executive team compare financial performance using custom criteria. Vadim Katcherovski is the Founder and CEO of Project Management software platform, Easy Projects.

Artificial Inteligence 168

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management Software Developers 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

Partner 258

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Equity 258

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

by Andriy Skoropad, co-founder & CEO at Perfectial. Currently, people understand it as application of modern software for financial services. With over 17 years of experience, Andriy successfully applies his versatile skill set to help businesses kickstart, develop and succeed. and European markets.

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Ruby Cofounder Finance Campaign 210

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

by Humberto Farias, CEO and co-founder at Concepta. In light of this, software developers are beginning to cater to the digital transformation needs of SMBs. Owners no longer have to buy management software meant for big business. Solutions aimed at SMBs are more widely available.

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Artificial Inteligence Analytics SCRUM Cofounder 164

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Things will cost more than you expect. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year. You will make mistakes.

Burn Rate 223

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 223

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

by Stefan Pretty, founder of Subbly. Plus, starting an online business of course has it’s costs, but with a multitude of solutions out there (with Subbly being one of them) you don’t need to spend thousands on software development or marketing to validate your business idea. And a cocktail, of course.

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Churn Rate eCommerce Business Model Bootstrapping 149

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. It turns out the term “visionary founder” was usually a synonym for someone who was hallucinating. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer. So, almost like clockwork 20 th century startups fired the innovators/founders when they scaled.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

The cost of entry has never been lower. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. The cost for the domain name is maybe $10/year, and the hosting starts around $50/year. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook. Start simple.

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Startup eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping 252

Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2022

Being fast usually requires having inefficient links or spare resources in the supply chain that can be stretched at comparatively low cost in terms of your overhead cash and offering quality. He describes his choice as “cost, quality or scope. About “scope” with development-related issues. But beware. .

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Software Developers Software Development Internet Software 62