Both Sides of the Table
MAY 21, 2019
For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. I also wrote an entire series on the topic of Startup Boards if you want to do any more reading that link has several articles you can dig into.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2010
He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. I don’t like distributed development teams in early stage businesses. This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.
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View from Seed
APRIL 21, 2015
The other thing I did that most students don’t do is make friends with the faculty, seeking them out, socializing with them, even adding them on Facebook, and that ends up paying dividends later. Do you find yourself hiring operators or PMs with that background? It’s not obvious – students probably under-invest in that.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development. A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring.
discuss.joelonsoftware.com
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Mark Walsen Mark Walsen Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I think you would be better off hiring people, rather than trying to convince them to work for free in exchange for equity. But it is a start-up in the sense of making a big quantum step forward in the marketplace. The key here is motivation.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 28, 2009
Its an essential discipline of good software development, especially in startups. If thats not a team-wide phenomenon, then its still a form of waste, because everyone has to learn every lesson before it starts paying dividends. Heres a company I met with recently. Share what you learn. As you refactor, you get smarter.
www.singlefounder.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Joel of Fog Creek says: “We didn’t start with a particular product in mind: our goal was simply to build the kind of software company where we would want to work, one in which programmers and software developers are the stars and everything else serves only to make them productive and happy.&#
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