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Startup Software Developers

SoCal CTO

There’s quite a bit of truth to what Mark is saying about startup software developers, but my guess is that there’s another reason that it seems harder to find developers in this context. Second, there’s this funny perception that the cost of software development have been dramatically changed in the past few years.

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Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early

SoCal CTO

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. And I use it all the time now when I get the kind of message that I received: I'm looking for a web developer to continue work on my website.

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Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything

SoCal CTO

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. What’s different, special here?

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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Generative AI – The End of Empty Textboxes

TechEmpower

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. Applying that solution to our job matching site made perfect sense. Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail.

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10 Remote Staffing Blunders That Will Cost You Dearly

Startup Professionals Musings

Labor rates are lower in some countries, but culture and language match are the real keys to productivity. I’ll outsource software development, since I don’t understand it.” Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects. With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.”

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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

Match your office, facilities and computer equipment to the size of the staff you have today, and intend to have in the next six months. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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