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Build a winning IP programme for successful innovation

NZ Entrepreneur

One of my clients was concerned enough about this to set up a ‘clean room’ for a new software development project. They hired a new software team, located in a different building, who were not familiar with the old software that my client had built for an earlier customer and were still providing software support for.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

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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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

They almost certainly dont know how to do that today, but they have so much more money than us that they could hire a dozen consultants until they found someone who did. Instead you will literally have to hire guards to keep the desperate customers from knocking down your door. Ahead of the market" is just next to irrelevant.

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