TechEmpower
DECEMBER 11, 2023
million software developers worldwide. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. Are there complexities revolving around algorithms or databases? In 2023, there were approximately 26.3 Is user interface and graphic design a necessity?
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 9, 2009
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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SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 14, 2009
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.
Steve Blank
MAY 17, 2022
Humans combine data with algorithms (see here for a list) to train a model using that data. Machine learning algorithms – computer programs that adjust themselves to perform better as they are exposed to more data. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features. The sum of these feels like buzzword bingo.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2021
Algorithms and data are required to compete. Today’s digital leaders all have a digital platform – a set of algorithms stitched together to collect and analyze key data, and tune their algorithms dynamically for every transaction. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem.
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
We needed the matching algorithm. Simple MVPs get built with less the 3 Programmer Months worth of effort (that's 3 months a single programmer working full-time). More complex MVPs are going to be 12+ Programmer months. There are some MVPs that are unavoidably complex. eHarmony for me fell into that camp.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 13, 2011
Some common themes from the discussion: Know Where You Are Going Before you can possibly make a choice around language and framework you need to ask all the important questions that are talked about in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything and Startup CTO or Developer.
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