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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower

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. What does a business leader do in this situation?

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

I saw a good summary of these in the classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. While codes of behavior do not guarantee an ethical culture, they do clarify desired behavior and articulate for employees what is expected of them.

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Studying Computer Science vs. IT: Which Subject You Should Choose

The Startup Magazine

It involves working with both hardware and software systems to solve business processes and technological problems. As for information technology, common classes you can expect to learn are information systems, network engineering, system analysis, hardware and software troubleshooting, and business technology.

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How Sin-Mei Tsai, Shippo’s VP of Engineering, Defines Code Quality

Version One Ventures

She is a Silicon Valley veteran – having been the Senior Director of Engineering at Yodlee, then holding several CTO, Chief Architect, and other engineering leadership roles at a few startups before landing at Shippo in 2016. What follows below are Sin-Mei’s words on how she (and Shippo) define code quality.

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10 Key Traits Of An Ideal Entrepreneur Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

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. business entrepreneur partner startup traits' Compatible work styles.

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