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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” Nand changed the culture of the JAIC, bringing in Silicon Valley tools for product development, product management and for the first time a culture that focused on UI/UX, MVPs and continuous integration and deployment.

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Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

ConversionXL

In this post, we’re sharing a build vs. buy framework to help you consider the opportunity costs and make an informed decision on whether to buy software off the shelf or build a custom solution. This is especially true if you’ve found a better way of solving it than existing products in the market. The scope of the project.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.

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Remote Jobs: The Fair Pay Rate Dilemma

Transformify

As millions of people worldwide already lost their jobs amid COVID-19 outbreak, local labor agencies across the globe are looking much closer at overseas remote work arrangements asking companies ‘’ Why don’t you hire locally? An asset, no cost in the P&L. ’’ Why are so few remote jobs created?

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Let’s look at some specifics: 1.

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The Company Milestones Angel Investors Care About

Business Plan Blog

You may have self-financed the initial startup costs and/or raised FFF capital without a business plan , but in order to attract seed investment from Angel investors you will need a comprehensive plan complete with extensive market research and a detailed financial model. Product Development. Intellectual Property.