Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Silicon Valley’s conventional model is to integrate local experienced engineering, product development, and marketing people for the big push. Facebook’s market value tumbled many billions in 2018 due to users’ decreased confidence in the platform.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

Research and Development Costs: Heavily dependent on novelty and technological advances, the electronic industry has to bear the hefty costs of research and development. That is why consumer surveys, interviews, discussions, and opinions matter the most, and so R&D costs are sky-high when talking about this industry.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Fresh data from 15,000+ SAFEs signed last year (source: Carta ) Technology makes it possible to do more with less – LLMs, generative AI have are rapidly changing the game with all kinds of automations, from coding to content creation. We’d like to see that the relevant functions are covered (who’s writing code?

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

DataRails , the financial analysis and reporting software startup, has announced the hiring of David Rosenberg as the company’s new VP of customer success. The promotion signals the importance of product development for the company’s growth roadmap. CEO Perspective. DataRails has already raised $53.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. That includes estimating the money required to get to the revenue stage, and saving money to cover costs before you jump off the cliff.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Businesses have a lot to think about when they have a new product idea and one missed step in the product development lifecycle can significantly impact business success. Here are best practice tips to consider to ensure your next hardware product doesn’t get delayed or worse lie dormant for years due to regulatory hold-ups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Silicon Valley’s conventional model is to integrate local experienced engineering, product development, and marketing people for the big push. Facebook’s market value tumbled many billions in 2018 due to users’ decreased confidence in the platform.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Budgets are a tricky facet for any business owner however being one of the most critical aspects to the operations, productivity, profitability, and growth of a business. Every year, dynamic markets, the state of the economy, and consumer demands change the requirements of a business and the costs of operation.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2020

From different software systems to overall philosophies, there are many ways that business strategies can inform the way you run your company. Use OKR software to Your Advantage. One of the major benefits of using a SOM approach is that product development costs are drastically decreased and technical risk is also reduced.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

But wanting to materialize a product or service and sustaining its operations are two different things. Although help comes in the form of diligent teams and reliable investors, in order to come at par with established names, a startup needs to rope in useful tools and resources which can standardize things.

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Up and Running

MARCH 24, 2021

To stay up-to-date, it’s best to review this measurement before and after a campaign to gauge performance. You can also add it into your monthly plan review sessions if you’re actively running campaigns without a distinct end date. You may see an opportunity to provide a lighter version of your software to smaller businesses.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Do you fix bugs before writing code? Completely necessary.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

Due to their versatility and efficiency, AI-powered customer support bots have grown in popularity in recent years. As AI becomes more widely available and businesses begin to implement these tools to boost productivity and reduce costs, many employees worry that they will be replaced by machines.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. In recent years, however, frugal innovation has also gained traction in developed countries. Mobile banking in developing countries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Make sure everyone knows that changes after this point will have personal consequences, and will delay the product and increase the cost. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. The current code is spaghetti, but the new code will be elegant.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Launching a recipe website can cost as little as $150 if you can utilize your phone as a camera to start. The most expensive cost right off the bat is the time commitment when compared to the minimum capital and operational cost. Due to business, I am free to spend my time and money as I see fit. Photo credit: Gigi J.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

This waterfall methodology follows a few consecutive steps, including analysis, designing, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance. So, when you build software, it is almost like building a house of cards. Second is that you really can’t make any changes to your code phase. So people came up with a solution to these issues.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The free software hiring advantage This is one of those startup tips Im a little reluctant to share, because its been such a powerful source of competitive advantage in the companies Ive worked with. Especially for a startup, not taking maximum advantage of free software is crazy.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the past, it has been incredibly challenging to determine what customers really want from a business or the products or services they purchase. However, there is no better source than the actual customer using the product in the present. Detractors – who are unhappy users that may damage your brand through negative reviews.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Studying an online business analytics masters is one way you can up your numbers game; whether this is the finance, marketing, or product development aspects of your company, the course can supply you with the tools, means, and knowledge to streamline your company operations. Working with Social Media. Is it Worth it?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. And a certain amount of chaos reigned too.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A new bit of code contained an infinite loop! why did that code get written? Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. Most engineers would ship code to production on their first day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. That includes estimating the money required to get to the revenue stage, and saving money to cover costs before you jump off the cliff.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Integration risk is the term I use to describe the costs of having code sitting on some, but not all, developers machines. It happens whenever youre writing code on your own machine, or you have a team working on a branch. It also happens whenever you have code that is checked-in, but not yet deployed anywhere.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The reason for its success is due to not holding ‘compromises’ as an option. Tesla has always put a huge emphasis on product development and technological advancement. This software enables us to communicate with coworkers and connect with family members that we hope to see safely again soon. 9- Basecamp.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

To prevent hackers from gaining access to your business's checking account, use low-cost software and dual controls to strengthen your payment processes. Press releases are becoming less successful, partly due to the difficulty of obtaining earned media. Photo Credit: Ernests Embutniek. 3- Multimedia spending.

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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. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2014

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Make sure everyone knows that changes after this point will have personal consequences, and will delay the product and increase the cost. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Make sure everyone knows that changes after this point will have personal consequences, and will delay the product and increase the cost. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Make sure everyone knows that changes after this point will have personal consequences, and will delay the product and increase the cost. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Product development. For a great idea person, the product details keep changing for the better, but nothing ever gets finished. A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? I dont think so.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2021

Working with an attorney is an added cost that many entrepreneurs are hesitant to spend, especially before their venture is turning a profit. While DIY websites may offer searches that claim to cover the same ground, they are typically at an additional cost and not nearly as comprehensive as those conducted by a trademark attorney.

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