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One Startup’s Story: The Evolution Of An Outsourcing Strategy

ReadWriteStart

hours behind my Singapore headquarters, my productive workday was effectively extended. Then, in the evening – as the team returned from their lunch – I would concentrate on working with them in real time over Skype on building our product. Contract Remote Teams On A Per Project Basis. Plus, with India being 2.5

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SXSW Startups: TransferFi

Austin Startup

It will be used to power Industrial IoT sensors to reduce wiring complexity and to high-power applications that will provide easy access to primary sources of energy such as remote and offshore renewable. Six pilot deployments followed by the first product ion run by the end of the year. What are your goals for TransferFi in 2019?

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Also hire offshore devs to assist you in building your product. Reply Delete flyingnome Aug 15, 2010 05:30 PM Try to make a product that is just as easy to sell to a technical co-founder as it is to a VC or Angel. I was basically a consultant without the payment and I basically got taken advantage of. Act accordingly.

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

David Teten

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad writes: I believe that the cofounding model aligns goals and incentives in a more efficient matter than pure consulting.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

So for this first post, here’s the best advice I can give you: join an awesome founding team and get your product out the door ASAP. But six months in, you’re gonna cry when you see someone else put out that same product you’re pitching me right now. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

You attend five customer meetings together over a two-week period and after each meeting you replay the results in the office about what it meant. The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. What about offshoring?

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

is what we call the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Dont wait 4 weeks or more while programmers are "building features" If they cant deploy new features into production at least twice a week, dont use them. I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. Matt Cooke (2010-06-19) # Excellent process.