David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2016

With tax filing deadlines right around the corner, and with tax planning still on everyone’s mind, I thought now would be the perfect time to remind entrepreneurs and executives in the software and tech space of an opportunity that could be the difference in ensuring the future success of their businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. 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. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

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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. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

The outdoor industry wasn’t helping itself, so he did what all entrepreneurs do: start a business to solve the problem. It’s difficult to be an entrepreneur — whether you’re a recent college graduate or have managed multiple companies. It’s why the average age of an entrepreneur is 42 years old. Solve the rest later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

I often hear the qualms of business-smart but non-technical entrepreneurs, wondering if they really have a chance in this high-technology marketplace. Finding that person is not a hiring challenge, since neither of you really get paid until you both succeed. This is the technical equivalent of an “executive recruiter.”

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Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

It is your team that will save you, the entrepreneur, from a disaster. All of the above is true, but it is also true that many startups have failed because they hired too early, too fast, or fired too late. The devil is in the detail – there are some ‘’innocent’’ hiring mistakes that can lead to a failure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. 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. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the future trends entrepreneurs see in their industry and here are the responses. #1- Complex and high asset divorces will continue to hire divorce attorneys and divorce professionals for years to come. 1- Use of cheaper online divorce tools. Photo Credit: Olivia Summerhill.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

Espousing that borrowing money and debt are optional, the book proposed that entrepreneurs starting such businesses were more interested in the lifestyle it offered rather than making oodles of cash. Software Developer: From “App developer” to “We provide technology solutions to take your headaches away”. Nuts and Bolts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Most entrepreneurs work long hours and weekends to get the job done. 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. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

I often hear the qualms of business-smart but non-technical entrepreneurs, wondering if they really have a chance in this high-technology marketplace. Finding that person is not a hiring challenge, since neither of you really get paid until you both succeed. This is the technical equivalent of an “executive recruiter.”

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If you’re an entrepreneur or working in a startup, you’ve heard all the hype around the extravagant perks and benefits some companies, especially in the tech scene, are offering. First, take a few minutes to jump on Glassdoor and find out what people who work in the position you’re hiring for complain about. Click “reviews.”.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 20, 2021

I am part of a mastermind group of 4 entrepreneurs. ” As the only technical founder of the group, I could offer some suggestions regarding the software development aspect. In the software development world, you can look at techniques like the Planning Poker. Peer review. Post-production. Conclusion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2013

. Most business owners dread having to talk with and hire lawyers. Some fear they’ll end up paying exorbitant legal fees or that they’ll receive bad advice that will destroy their business (if you’ve watched the show Arrested Development and have seen Barry Zuckerkorn in action, you’ll know exactly what I mean).

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

4- Description of our software. As procurement software, Tradogram helps businesses to “trade” with one another by managing the process of buying, selling or exchanging commodities and services. 11- Inspired by the term software development kit. Thanks to Chris Gardner, Artemis Consultants ! #4- Photo Credit: Hani Abdou.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Neil has been trying to make money as a businessman and entrepreneur ever since he was a teenager in high school. As you can see from his success as an entrepreneur and consultant over the years that followed, he learned pretty well. NP Digital receives consistently positive reviews from its customers. Pay It Forward.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Being an entrepreneur, I’m always focused on achieving goals.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. 1 – Developing Software.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Download the MP3 [ 49 Minutes - 71 MB ] I was speaking to Michael Fountain on a 30 minute coaching call, which he qualified for as a bonus because he purchased a product via my affiliate link recently, and he happened to mention his previous life as a software developer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Help the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs: Hire One | Small Biz Daily – [link]. Focus On Developers, Data And Big Problems | TechCrunch – [link]. Don’t Hire Entrepreneurs; Hire Entrepreneurial Spirit | HBR – [link]. Want To Successfully Recruit For Your Startup In 2013?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Work Better Now Visit WorkBetterNow.com mention the referral code DTM Podcast and get $150 off for your first 3 months. Rob (01:06): Yeah, I hired my first assistant in 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

He isn’t setting out to do it over night but with the ambition to make a difference in the world Ryan falls into the rare category of entrepreneur looking to tackle something truly monumental. Yet nearly every major tech company or major company hiring tech people have open recs. He has great vision, leadership and execution.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Include sufficient and appropriate resources, effective communication, ensuring that performance is tracked so that the business learns from its IP successes and mistakes, and regular review of the programme itself. One of my clients was concerned enough about this to set up a ‘clean room’ for a new software development project.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Got a question for one of the entrepreneurs mentioned below? Ask an entrepreneur! I got to round up a group of great entrepreneurs who had been there, and get their tips so we could share them with you. What about hiring, taxes, llcs, operations, scaling? It’s the blessing and curse of the entrepreneur.

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A Crowded Space

JANUARY 17, 2019

However, due to a variety of reasons —> the 5-star system does a terrible job at identifying the highest quality good or service. How valuable would it be if we knew a forced ranking of every software developer in the world? He met a random startup entrepreneur and decided to invest. Who’s the best chef in the world?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. How many people will you hire in the first 24 months and in which sequence.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. What I’ve found during the last year of running the Micropreneur Academy is that once you’ve seen hundreds of websites and run fifty A/B tests you develop a sixth sense about how a site can be improved. So I’m starting an experiment next week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Great strategy.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes – [link]. How You Can Benefit from All Your Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review – [link]. How to Be Happy: An Entrepreneur’s Perspective | Forbes – [link]. What to do when you hire someone better than yourself…. |

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

When I want to know about some concurrency issues between services in his cluster, he doesnt blink an eye when I suggest we get the source code and take a look. Hes just as comfortable writing code as racking servers, debugging windows drivers, or devising new interview questions. He throws off volumes of code, and it works.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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