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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Building A Reputation As A Trustworthy Software Developer

The Startup Magazine

A software developer can struggle to establish a good name and reputation initially. There are many mistakes to be made at the start, and many software users do not hesitate to voice their displeasure if they encounter difficulties. Curate Developer Profiles. Things can change with software too. Don’t Overpromise.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Conflicting visions won’t work.

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? But now she has the vision and ability to design her own software, capitalizing on modern trends (e.g.

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How To Build A Career In Agile Software Development

YoungUpstarts

It is no surprise that Agile as a revolution of the software development and project management world is still picking up its pace. With Agile there is a greater amount of stakeholder and team engagement, at the start, during and after each new development. Agile encourages transparency and openness. Business Value Focus.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Why “saving money” and “ROI” are probably the wrong way to sell your product

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

I can’t remember how many times at Smart Bear I tried to sell Code Collaborator with the argument that it “saves you money.” ” And customers demanded it — some even required that we produce an ROI spreadsheet. At a fully-loaded developer cost of $150/hr, that’s $3,000/mo. And we did.