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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

This allows the studio to develop processes, well-organized development teams, and growth plans. But I recommend entrepreneurs and prospective business builders consider the Agency Builder model. So an entrepreneur forming a startup studio benefits from having experience in the industry sector they hope to serve.

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3 Things You Need To Be Aware Of When Calculating A Budget For An App Like Etsy

YoungUpstarts

Without producing physical goods, every entrepreneur now can succeed in selling other manufacturers’ products online. To calculate precisely how much you need to spend on that, analyze the following factors: Developers’ seniority. Junior engineers cannot deliver a high-quality product. Hourly rate. Yes, there is.

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Resources for Girls Learning to Code

Feld Thoughts

Ayah is an example of an amazing female entrepreneur and CEO. Software Engineer Insider. NCWIT ayah bdeir coding girls littlebits software development space' I’ve been on the board of littleBits since last year and am just in awe of what the team, led by Ayah Bdeir, is cranking out. Learn to Code. Globaloria.

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[INTERVIEW] North Aware Founder And Creator Of The Smart Parka, Jamil Khan

YoungUpstarts

That’s what former software engineer Jamil Khan has done with his new company, North Aware , in manufacturing its Smart Parka. As he notes, you have to be able to advance the learning curve fast in software development because changes occur at such a rapid pace. Trust a techie to reinvent how we do winter.

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You Don’t Need To Be An Engineering Genius To Start A Billion-Dollar Company

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Nearly 10 years ago, Excite founder Joe Kraus, now an investor at Google Ventures, declared “there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.” So, too, is the level of competence required to engineer a product. In other words, even an engineering nobody can start a company. Software was expensive.

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These engineers quit their jobs to start LeChat

Hunter Walker

Since leaving Google I’ve had the chance to meet many entrepreneurs to share stories about their projects and passions. For years we’ve worked in small, distributed engineering teams and we’ve always struggled to find the right tool for communication. We primarily use chat because software engineering is very text-oriented.

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.