Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2013

I challenge any startup to show me they have avoided all of these: One of the founders isn’t delivering. When I was a software development manager, I tried to get a “bottoms up” time estimate from the team, and then pad it by 50%. As I asserted earlier, virtually every new startup experiences these problems.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2019

Marcelo Ricigliano is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy , a Miami based coding academy with campuses in USA, Chile and Venezuela. 4Geeks Academy students gain real-world software development skills that traditional education left behind but are required to meet the demands of our digital economy. What makes you unique?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? I was having breakfast with Radhika, an ex-grad student of mine who wanted to share her Customer Discovery progress for her consumer hardware startup. Trying to figure out what the right set of co-founders isn’t so clear.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 27, 2010

I was just interviewed by Frank Peters - Tony Karrer and the Founder-Developer Gap. And I always recommend it to people involved in early stage startups. I received a follow-up question from an early-stage startup about the Founder Developer Gap that I’ve described before and that was part of the interview with Frank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. They understand startup realities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. They understand startup realities.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. I LOVED it because, the presenting part was over quickly and we got into specific issues that the founders had in terms of getting things built. I was very worried for several startup in the room.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

by Gaurav Gupta , Founder of Square Boat. Startups are all the rage these days with innovative minds coming up with novel ideas and transforming them into reality. From recruitment to CRM, project management to marketing, there’s a tool for everything be it for managing work, tech stack , etc. But that’s where we come in!

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Why We Are In Love With Startups? The most commonly-referenced startup story is fun to tell: Founded by 20-somethings.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

and if you’re like most of today’s startups — you need to get an app in the hands of customers. Can all of this lead to a truly successful startup? The founders’ psychology is probably one of the most important contributors to success of the company.”. You’ve got an amazing idea. Can a shop work for just equity?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Many myths surround the subject of startup funding. Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. You must have seen a lot of startups giving out promotions, discounts, and incentives at the early phase of their business.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

This is one of the many challenges that you’ll have to take head-on as the founder of a tech startup. Let’s face it – you’re probably an excellent salesperson, a great networker and a capable businessman, but software development is a whole other story. Running a startup can be tough. Consider Your Team.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 On Launching and Finding Early Traction.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 12, 2020

Brian Kornfeld is President and Co-Founder of Synapse , an innovation hub for entrepreneurs, investors, and governments in the state of Florida to share ideas, solve problems and ultimately provide an ecosystem that ensures everyone from pre-seed startups to exciting unicorns continue to flock to, grow within and re-invest in the Sunshine State.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This includes the design, development, launch, and enhancement of the SaaS application. . Often, SaaS company founders are not aware of steps, tools, and checkpoints they should follow while building their product. How to optimize SaaS startup development costs. Create a detailed requirement document.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. It can also lead to a software team that looks ill-equipped.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Here are some recommendations on how to keep the rate low, and help your startup to prosper at the same time: Measure it and manage it. Which would you bet on?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Why We Are In Love With Startups? We wish we were the founders, experiencing this testosterone-fueled melodrama of success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ Ten Steps in Choosing the Right Startup Partner ”. The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. Does not need to be managed. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Here are some principles on how to do that, and help your startup to prosper and live another day: Measure it and manage it. Which would you bet on?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. The best entrepreneurs manage cash flow ruthlessly and never delegate decisions about spending money. They understand startup realities.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. Get get help (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. Does not need to be managed. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be. Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2011

I challenge any startup to show me they have avoided all of these: One of the founders isn’t delivering. When I was a software development manager, I tried to get a “bottoms up” time estimate from the team, and then pad it by 50%. As I asserted earlier, virtually every new startup experiences these problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. Does not need to be managed. Complementary skills.

Partner 258

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Equity 258

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

CTO Hire 225

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

As President and Founder of this organization, Halladay and his team make a line of Bible-inspired clothing and sell it locally and online to assist in funding the ministry. After that, he spent five years working for a tiny software development firm in Jacksonville Beach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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