Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

While our teams have mentors, socialize a lot and give great demos, the goal of our class final presentations is “ Lessons Learned ” – about product/market fit, pricing, acquisition/activation costs, pricing, partners, etc. Here’s the story of one such team; Jonathan Wylie, Lakshmi Shivalingaiah and the Evoke team.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

It was during this time, while working with artists, Koutonin thought about a solution that would allow them to focus on cultural and artistic expressions instead of the stresses and high cost of marketing and promotion. He adds that, aside from event organizers, the service is also useful for startups and the non-profit sector.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

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 the person is trying to get it from mostly done to done with little additional cost. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time.

Software Development 175

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). It may surprise you to learn that LA graduates more engineers than anywhere else in the country. Where do all of these engineers end up?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Most of the costs incurred by Microsoft in developing new versions of Windows involve paying engineers to write software codes. These costs are largely fixed.

Technical Review 170

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed. Huge leaps in technology have made seamless communication with remote teams efficient and cost-effective. Global internet bandwidth has exponentially increased while costs have become radically lower. What to Look for when Vetting Remote Engineers.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. Much of this was attributed to the low cost of living.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 16, 2023

One of the lessons we’ve learned in building HiHello is to recognize and filter out fake / scam engineering candidates from our recruiting pipeline. The demand for software engineers continues to exceed the supply by several orders of magnitude. Software Engineers also tend to command a much higher salary.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2020

Studies show that among software engineers in India, new employees sought out more information when they were socialized within the organization. With employee onboarding software available to organizations, companies shouldn’t relegate themselves to archaic, inefficient methods. Go Beyond Introductions with Socializing.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2014

If a software engineer, we will call him “Neo”, is needed on a project, then IT is asked if Neo can be assigned to the project. The downside, of course, is that when a price of a project is estimated, the ‘cost’ a company is ‘paying’ Neo to be on a project is ignored in many cases.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

A month or two before the QuickTime public announcement in May, the SuperMac hardware engineers (who had a great relationship with the QuickTime team at Apple) started a “ skunk works ” project. In less than a month they designed a low-cost video-capture board that plugged into the Mac and allowed you to connect a video camera and VCR.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

Founded by interaction designer Brad Damphousse and software engineer Andrew Ballester, GoFundMe was first conceptualized back in 2008 when both were driven by personal tragedies that led to want to use their talents for good. The site lets users manage their campaigns, thank donors and even communicate with supporters.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Ask them how much they think such a solution would cost them. It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. Ask if they’d be willing to pay for a solution like that if it existed. Build prototypes and/or product. Start building out your product.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

As the engineers were busy rearchitecting the original Stanford MIPS chip into a commercial product, one of my jobs was to find out what features customers wanted. On the other hand, the Motorola 68000 microprocessor (used in the Sun and Apollo engineering workstations) and the IBM 360/370 mainframes were big-endian. What a great idea.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Decide on what actually you need to have a more detailed vision on how much it will cost you. For example, InMotion hosting costs from $3,99 to $13,99 per month so you need to pay for each month you want your website to run on this hosting. Develop a software solution. Junior engineers cannot deliver a high-quality product.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

In a recent blog post , he argues that it’s not just costs that are at historic lows. So, too, is the level of competence required to engineer a product. In other words, even an engineering nobody can start a company. Software was expensive. Engineers, however, were relatively cheap. No Problem! You name it.”

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It provides the freedom to partner with entrepreneurs and reduce the costs of agency work in exchange for equity in their startup. Today’s Talented Engineers & Designers Need Top-Shelf Tools of the Trade. It also helps bootstrap new startup businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

Predictive analytics help determine the most effective markets for adspend, suggesting areas where the product is being well-received and those where the cost of customer acquisition is unreasonably high. Big companies can absorb more loss when it comes to advertising; but not small businesses.

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firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Product and Engineering. How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Product and Engineering. How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. First Round Capital. The Review. Plusstartup. The Review.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2016

Cost Breakdown. Cost is one of the top three challenges SMBs face when deciding to use a cloud-based, online backup solution as well as one of the top fears that can prevent SMBs from adopting cloud services. However, it’s important to consider the cloud option in parallel. The amount of data being stored indefinitely.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

For the uninitiated, Zoho introduced a CRM system that was one-tenth the price of Salesforce.com and penetrated the lower end of the market using an Indian cost structure. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. Toward that end, they have created two products. Discuss.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

The question is whether it is more effective to spend the money to gain entry-level employment as a Ruby developer where you can learn other software development skills on the job - or to go for an academic degree that may or may not set the student up for a lifetime of success. People need to do this,” Bishay said.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Evaluate your potential developers’ knowledge, experience, and the skills listed on their software engineer resume. Discuss costs upfront and be sure the talent fits within your budget while still providing you excellent quality. Cost-savings with the more affordable developer and IT project manager salary.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The cost of a mobile app depends on a variety of factors such as functionality, design, supported platforms, targeted audience, integration points etc. There isn’t a single software project where price doesn’t matter. This subscription-based model allows to reduce upfront costs. Choose the right pricing model.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC is how much money you can spend to get someone to become a customer. LTV ­ CAC = ROI.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 15, 2013

Perhaps the most common mistake that I see a technical founder make when building her sales organization is she applies strategies that worked in building the engineering team to the sales hiring process. This may sound shocking, but sales people are different than engineers and treating them like engineers does not work well at all.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

Their shipping costs will eat up any money they save. Palantir – we’ll build arcane analytics software, put the company in California, hire a bunch of new college grad engineers, many of them immigrants, hire no sales reps, and close giant deals with D.C.-based Virgin Atlantic – airlines are cool.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

While there are some services that are commonly outsourced, such as customer support and software engineering, there are actually hundreds of other tasks that can be effectively done by outsourcers, thereby helping to scale your business. Here are 5 outsourcing services that can have a huge impact on helping your business grow: 1.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We’ve got an incredible engineering team that cares a lot about system design, architecture and user experience. Our CTO, Ian Ha, has worked as a senior software engineer at various startups in the gaming, interactive media, financial services and gig-economy spaces.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). In some strange way, a big part of his competitive advantage is that he is able to outsource everything and maintain such a low cost structure. Engineering/QA. Advertising.

Software Review 65

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 15, 2013

Perhaps the most common mistake that I see a technical founder make when building her sales organization is she applies strategies that worked in building the engineering team to the sales hiring process. This may sound shocking, but sales people are different than engineers and treating them like engineers does not work well at all.

Hiring 64

Hiring Sales Engineer Software Engineering 64

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2015

Furthermore, companies have a huge financial incentive to find ways to eliminate human employees and thereby reduce such associated costs as payroll taxes, disability payments, insurance costs, fringe benefits, plant costs, training expenses, and worker safety claims. Systems Engineer. Mobile App Software Architect.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Your consultant, in turn, will walk the fine line of giving you the answer you want to hear while raising the scope and cost of the project, possibly even creating milestones along the way, ensuring an ongoing, gainful relationship. The cost of adding too much “scalability” up front is a more complex product, harder to test and maintain.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The good news for startups and other businesses with limited funds (or, who have financially savvy owners) is that you don’t (necessarily) need to hire an expensive team of software developers to create an app. It’s hard enough to learn how to fund a business without worrying about mobile app development costs. Hire a development team.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. You're going to spend many multiples of what the domain name would have cost you to create brand recognition. Is It Sticky?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Integration risk is the term I use to describe the costs of having code sitting on some, but not all, developers machines. Theoretically, i can visualize the Continuous Integration as RAD ( Rapid action development) along with iterative method, which we used to study in Software Engineering's Process model.

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