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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. 20 % of the project managers are familiar with Scrum, but there are very few product managers – less than 1% of all. Scrum, Agile, Product Management.

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Factors in Structuring a Product Organization

SVPG

For nearly every organization that has grown beyond a very early stage startup, one of the most common, yet difficult, questions is the optimal way to split up the product work. As soon as you have more than one product manager, or more than one interaction designer, teams face this question.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

It’s probably not too controversial to say that the median level of sophistication of early stage entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is lower than that of Bay Area. From my experience, it’s not necessarily about “quality,” but rather about “sophistication.”

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An ongoing discussion on linkedin about Offshore Web Development and building a team in Europe.

Scalable Startup

They keep you involved even from the early stages of the value chain including selecting the right engineers and taking direction and input on the future technical growth plan for those engineers. Our strategy was to move to a distributed model where the entire scrum team works together offshore.

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Startups and a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development

SoCal CTO

For most early-stage startups the list of product features that are under consideration for a 6 month (or even a 12 month) period is not that big. A great post , Joe Little starts with acknowledging that Scrum and Agile proponents often downplay upfront planning. We are likely talking about an effort of 4 hours to 2 days.

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The most valuable lessons I learned from managing a virtual team

The Next Web

Mature teams differ from early-stage teams, larger teams differ from smaller teams etc. Solution #1: At least once a week have a scrum meeting that absolutely everyone prioritizes. After the scrum, if time allows, hang out and catch up. when to meet face to face. building intimacy, culture and loyalty. legal issues.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I recently joined CoVenture , an early-stage venture capital firm that develops products and invests cash in exchange for equity. My comments here relate mostly to new or early-stage startups, as I’ve spent most of my career investing in those companies and it’s what we do at CoVenture.