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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. The financial pain of unplanned delays.

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Wasted time is money lost.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

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Twitter Link Roundup #212 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Facebook and WhatsApp: The Nineteen-Billion-Dollar App – crowdspring.co/1jOdRlK.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) And as much as I like the startup ecosystem here it seems to me that the people cost of software development forces startups to launch half-baked products.

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Twitter Link Roundup #178 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. What Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Management and Leadership – [link]. “Embrace skeptics. ” [link].

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Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)

Berkonomics

In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. Email readers continue here.]