Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

Following are the top 10 tech skills to learn in 2022: 1- Project Management. Project managers direct a project from inception to finish, i.e., planning, organizing, and overall management to achieve project goals. They have realized that poor management leads to the failure of organizational goals. 3- Cyber Security.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

Project management is one dynamic field that is perpetually morphing. Today, the application of Scaled Agile framework, Kansan, as well as Scrum has ensured improved productivity in software development in line with world-class project management techniques. Other reasons we can’t ignore include: Transparency.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But first… There is a relationship between time and money that is more complex than most managers think. Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. The art of good management. How about young or pre-revenue companies?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cashflow personally every day.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If you want to take your business to the next level, you should consider app development. Either way, custom software development is an effective way to build brand awareness and give your business a competitive edge. When you outsource your IT projects or hire an offshore development team, it comes with many benefits.

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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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The Startup Magazine

JULY 17, 2022

Software development of new and enhanced versions. The development of data centers, big data, and data mining instruments. Firmware development. Creation and enhancement of network hardware as well as software. Risk management system development. Integration of modern equipment. 40 hours per week).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2018

Unlike previous years where most internships were never paid, today some of the top companies in America are paying their interns salaries close to that of full employees of second tier companies. The typical salary of an intern is $ 6400. The typical salary of an intern is $ 5770. The average salary of an intern is $ 6080.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

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. 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.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2013

Many smaller companies that provide creative services struggle every day to manage their capacity and their overhead. Other months, when business is slow, managers are left trying to keep their employees occupied and struggle to make the books balance. The trick is to find the right equilibrium for your company.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2019

In this article, we will talk about all-star software development teams and some ways to build one. The second important decision is choosing between a co-located remote software development team and fully distributed development team. An all-star team is known as a group of high-performing people. Source: Pexels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Here are some principles on how to do that, and help your startup to prosper and live another day: Measure it and manage it. 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.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Building a software product, the massive part of your budget is the developers’ salary. To calculate precisely how much you need to spend on that, analyze the following factors: Developers’ seniority. At least 6 team members should participate in your product development. Set up marketing and sales campaign.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Information systems analyst and consultants start at a median salary of $74,048. Ogoki Learning Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

Working at Netegrity was an invaluable learning experience, and the salary and benefits gave me a level of disposable income and financial security that I’d never had as an independent consultant. Here are six tips to help you manage the stress and ease the transition: 1. Seek help for things you don’t fully understand.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

To address this, Heather Terenzio, founder and CEO of Boulder’s Techtonic Group, developed Techtonic Academy , an innovative solution in the form of Colorado’s first federally recognized by the Department of Labor technology apprenticeship. After about six months, graduating apprentices are qualified junior developers, ready to work.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

Hiring mistakes and turnover can be costly for any organization; according to the Society for Human Resource Management , it can cost as much as half of an employee’s annual salary to replace them. By Omer Tadjer, CEO and co-founder of Comeet. What task did you complete well – but wouldn’t want to do again?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

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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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Here are some principles on how to do that, and help your startup to prosper and live another day: Measure it and manage it. 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.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

My expertise in product development and project management came after working as a consultant in many industries. I’ve spent more than two decades in the software industry. When I first started the company, we used to take up pretty much everything in the software development spectrum. Photo credit: Gigi J.

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Austin Startup

JULY 8, 2017

I can’t tell you how many times I run into first-time founders who’ve been fed absolute nonsense from ‘advisors’ ‘mentors’ or similarly named people about their ‘secrets’ for managing legal spend. Failed companies never pay the price for poorly managed legal; unless the failure was the result of the legal problems, which does happen.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 12, 2014

management fee. It''s only a little bit of a performance drag, though, because management fees act like a loan. Over time, when I raise the second and third fund, those fees will ramp down in the out years, but I''ll still have two funds worth of management fees to run with. Here''s how it plays out: I have a 2.5%

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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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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

There is a relationship between time and money that is more complex than most managers think. Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Fixed costs include rent, salaries, maintenance, licenses, equipment, and other overhead expenses. These expenses also apply to intangible products that require software developers, consultants, website managers, pay-per-click advertising, and other expenses associated with creating intangible products or services.

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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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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development. As a tool to help you grow or manage your finances, I think a credit card is even more essential than ever,” he says. I then pay off the cards in full each month to avoid the high interest on revolving credit.”.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2019

You don’t need to hire and rely on management, the outsourcing firm has its own management which has been working with the workers for years. Oftentimes, as priorities shift, you’ll need to upscale or downscale the development team. Oftentimes, as priorities shift, you’ll need to upscale or downscale the development team.

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Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

What literally haunts his dreams are not big things like salary or responsibilities or key projects. Now that you’ve managed to escape Peter’s situation, make sure you don’t replace it with an entirely new set of hassles that you can’t do anything about. Like risks, they’re not necessarily bad—just something to be managed.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

So if you don’t have the money for unlimited ping pong tables and a gourmet chef—much less top salaries—can you still find and attract the best people? Example: inurl:forum project manager. Also, a salary that barely gets someone by in tech hot spots is a princely sum in other parts of the world. I think so. Go to Google.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

If Marc Andreesen is right (and I happen to believe he is) then talented software developers will soon be the most sought after type of employee for just about any company, whether that company’s main business is building software or not. Put your developer team in a room together and talk about how to hire folks like them.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

Small businesses hire contractors that range from professional services such as attorneys and accountants, but also by leveraging skills and services ranging from software developers to delivery drivers to computer repair technicians. This does not just apply in the world of creative services. Increase workforce capacity.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

Even though I had a job and earned a decent salary, I was spinning my wheels just to pay my bills. I figured after so many people were asking to me help them out with marketing projects on the side, I could do this gig part-time while also managing the kids and household. That's why I founded my business Rise Above Your Story.

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