YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2020

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

They want platforms and services that automate hiring and retention while ensuring freelancers feel as supported as their full-time colleagues. Before the freelance economy can flourish, though, business leaders need technology that can help them manage and support freelancers as well as they treat full-time employees.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Due Diligence 228

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The video link is here and quick time-coded show notes at the end of the post in case you want to jump ahead to just one section. When & Whom should you hire? when is the right time to hire your first sales employee? how do you do pipeline reviews? how should a VC do due diligence on sales operations?

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Software Review Sales Due Diligence Startup 300

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. How the leaders of your company handle adherence to the spirit as well as the letter of the law will be seen by all employees, customers, and investors.

Partner 140

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 140

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. How the leaders of your company handle adherence to the spirit as well as the letter of the law will be seen by all employees, customers, and investors. Complementary skills.

Partner 258

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Equity 258

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

In a flash of brilliance, we took our dial-up filter technology and built a software product that would run on any computer regardless of its Internet connection type. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us. The best part was that it was a blind review.

Software Review 188

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2019

So you have a great business idea, you’ve done your research and due diligence, you know your market and you are good at what you do. One-stop-shop” accounting software. Again this can be managed by implementing a strong accounting software program. For the self employed, software needs to be fit for purpose.

Software Review 176

Software Review Due Diligence Startup Stock 176

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. It is not uncommon for startup directors to be more deeply involved in the operations of the business when the company is entering a new market, hiring critical team members or raising capital. Take part in startup investment due diligence.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 88

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Account hacking: It just takes one employee to fall victim to a phishing or spear phishing attack for the entire company’s data to be breached. Security-focused code reviews and rigorous penetration testing are also highly recommended. The possibilities are endless and detrimental to one’s business.

Security 140

Security Software Review Technical Review API 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. How the leaders of your company handle adherence to the spirit as well as the letter of the law will be seen by all employees, customers, and investors. Complementary skills.

Partner 240

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 240

Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. How the leaders of your company handle adherence to the spirit as well as the letter of the law will be seen by all employees, customers, and investors. Complementary skills.

Partner 179

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 179

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. How the leaders of your company handle adherence to the spirit as well as the letter of the law will be seen by all employees, customers, and investors. Complementary skills.

Partner 230

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 230

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

However, virtual data room software came as a huge relief to many companies because it reduced wastage of time and numerous expenses made to physically store data. The old PDRs were quite cumbersome due diligence processes. This includes the cost incurred in purchasing papers, travelling and hiring related human resources.

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Many companies hire remote teams, and this comes with plenty of advantages. First of all, you will attract potential employees who prefer this type of arrangement because it better fits their preferred lifestyle. The first step to creating a successful remote team is hiring people who can work independently.

Software Review 113

Software Review Due Diligence Hiring Employee 113

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). They are professionals with full-time jobs, who often don’t have time for due diligence (and may not even know how to do it) and often make decisions through trusted referrals or based on gut feelings (more on gut feelings later).

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Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review Accredited Investor 159

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Most traditional, bricks-and-mortar businesses have substantial, often enormous hard assets, such as raw materials and supplies, work-in-process, inventory, manufacturing equipment, real estate and more, as well as armies of employees. One common mistake is to equate “IP” with “code” or other technical contributions.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

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

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

If investors find your pitch interesting, they will want to begin what’s called the due diligence process. The Innovator (You can write code, build things, sew things, invent things, and create something for others to sell. . #6 : How can I connect with 5 customers who have used your product or service?

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 147

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

CNN recently reported that 40% of the 130,000 job openings in Silicon Valley are for software engineers. That's why, even though it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, I'm advocating that all my portfolio companies hire recruiters when they are trying to fill senior or key positions. 2) Hiring Inexperience. Immediately.

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Hiring Software Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley 44

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Templatize the entrepreneurial process , by providing checklists, standardized agreements and other reusable code. The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. – Hire more non-Partner staff.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

For both origination and due diligence, a host of companies aspire to be the “Bloomberg of private companies”, including CB Insights , Crunchbase , DataFox , FuelUp , fundsUP , Mattermark , Qodeo , Quid , Tracxn , Unomy.com , and Zirra. 5) Due diligence. 4) Manage deal flow. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Because there is often a lot at stake for a new company, its wise to ask where you will fit in among founders and first hires — and how you can make a direct impact on the companys success. Proceed — if at all — with extreme due diligence and caution. Culture fit is very important at a startup for both the employer and employee.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Software Review Exit Strategy San Francisco 103

Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) There are three deadly mistakes that relate to intellectual property (IP) ownership, all of which usually surface when the investors conduct their due-diligence investigation: 1. You should carefully review all employment-related agreements (e.g., code, logo, domain name, etc.)

Vesting 89

Vesting Software Review IP Intellectual Property 89

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

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. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

The team hired only the best and the brightest. I was the junior guy on a project team; I was called in to do some technical due diligence for reasons that were obscure to me, because the team already had much more senior engineers assigned to it. I once worked at a startup with an exceptional functional department system.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review 164

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

like john 461 days ago another good question is “who are employees that have followed the ceo from his previous gig.&# Granted you don’t want to sound like you are interrogating them, but if there is sufficient interest on the company’s part in hiring you, they will expect you to ask those difficult questions.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I also recognize that while I am the first technologist on the team, I will not by any means be the last and I'm hoping that subsequent hires will be people I consider brighter and more talented than myself. When will key hires come on? What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners?

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CTO Hire Technical Review Developer Software Review 231

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. I’m the CEO of Palo Alto Software. A lot of people have asked about the software. ” You’re reviewing this each month. This is Sabrina.

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Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As an investor, I’ve sat on both sides of the table in more than a dozen acqui-hire situations. Companies that successfullyleverage acqui-hires can save years of work and gain a competitive advantage by adding skilled technical and operational talent, deep local market knowledge and an accelerated time-to-market.

Global 48

Global Hiring Technical Review Due Diligence 48

David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

And every process is in employees’ heads, yet so much of the process could be simplified, and much could be automated. Addepar is precisely trying to collect and convert into software these best practices. (ff Teten : No one ever got fired for hiring Och-Ziff, or any other of the massive hedge funds.

Software Review 114

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Portfolio 114

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I don’t actually have any employees. Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. The deal went through, I bought the website, and eventually hired a team of writers.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here, the “public” includes your customers, prospects, your employees, vendors, and others who connect in any way with your brand. Remember that you should evaluate both internal (your employees) and external (everyone else) perceptions of your brand. This isn’t an issue you can afford to ignore. Social media.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Allen, Greylock, and General Atlantic wouldn’t be in the building on weekends and neither would the employees bother to come in. You should sign up for our newsletter here. We want to hear about, learn from and even replicate what they’ve done.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79