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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

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The Tactical Technical Advisor stays on top of the development team to ensure that they’re team is building the right thing in a high-quality, efficient manner. This is especially important with outsourced development teams. Are developers following best practices in their code and life cycle?

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How big is the anticipated development team?

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

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Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Review the code being built. Most early-stage, in-house teams needs to be hands on developers, not strategic. Is this person a CTO or a developer? Plan for past the initial MVP.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Not all software developers are suited to the role of startup CTO. Beware, however!

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.