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10 Partner Qualities to Test Before Sharing Equity

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

Partner

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A Startup Partner Needs More Than a Good Resume

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

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. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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Ten Attributes of Your Ideal Business Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

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. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

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. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Today I’m excited to announce we’ve recently raised $30 million in growth finance led by 8VC , with Kimmy Scotti joining our board. years of software development. We have built route management software so that drivers have productive routes and can cluster pick-ups and drop-offs.

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10 Key Traits Of An Ideal Entrepreneur Partner

Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

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. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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Get Paid Faster: Tips To Collect Before The Due

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

One of the biggest mistakes a company routinely makes is waiting until a bill is past due to begin collection efforts. A good credit department reduces bad debt and past due accounts by getting proactive about debts collected, preferably before the due date. Here’s how to begin collection efforts before the due date: 1.

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The Crucial Questions Every Project Manager Needs To Ask – And The KPIs To Answer Them

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

With new project management software that’s enhanced with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities, teams can be more prepared than ever before by receiving reports in real time on a range of KPIs, from schedule performance to project profitability. 122 million is wasted due to lacking project performance.

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How to Pick a Partner Who Will Amplify Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

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. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling.

Partner

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5 Risks You As A Consultant Should Know About

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Consultancy is a career option for professionals in a wide range of industries – marketing, finance, accountancy, architecture, business management, the list goes on. It’s a good idea to back up all documents, for example by using an external drive or cloud software. by Erin Yurday, CEO, Co-founder and Editor of NimbleFins.

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Could You – Should You – Fund Your Startup With Credit Cards?

ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

When it comes to financing a brand-new startup, most founders find themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. I’m seeing more people using credit cards for financing,” says David Worrell, founding partner of Rock Solid Finance , which helps business owners find solutions to their financing problems.

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8 Ways Your AP Process Leaks Spend – And How AI Can Prevent It

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

While more and more corporations are automating AP processes, 30 percent of businesses still rely on manual invoice processing, according to The Institute of Finance and Management. Some vendors might double up charges on purpose, but often duplicate invoices are mistakes (after all, your vendors’ finance teams are overworked too).

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Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

And after talking about this subject at length, I found myself again evangelizing it last week at the Business of Software conference. And these days with how easy it is to build an application, your code isn’t worth much, either. This hurts me as much as anyone since I’m a developer. No one cares about your idea.

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Business Valuation: Determining The Worth Of A Company

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2020

Reasons for a business valuation run a gamut from selling the business due to retirement or health reasons to financing expansion efforts to adding shareholders to a buyout situation. million dollars, because your software development firm is expected to generate enough revenue over time to offset that.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Companies They are Starting in 2023

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

7- Making and selling website themes Photo Credit: Sean Stevens If you know how to code, especially front-end development, you can use your skills to make money by making and selling website themes online. WordPress theme development and ThemeForest sales are possible ventures, depending on your skill level. #8-

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Lessons Learned from a Software Developer’s First Attempt at Launching a Startup

Software By Rob

AUGUST 24, 2011

Karl is a software engineer with more than 10 years of experience who specializes in agile web development and web services integrations. He authors a software development blog at [link]. There comes a time in a software developer’s career where they reach a crossroads and ask themselves, “What next?

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Pay Your Payroll Tax With R&D Credits

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2017

The Federal R&D credit amounts to roughly 5% of the wages, materials, and outside contractor expenses in research activities related to product and software development, including: Product conceptualization and development. Prototype development, materials expenses, and testing. Manufacturing process development.

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How Can FinTech Industry Successfully Navigate the Complex Web of Cybersecurity

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Rising client demand for e-financing, a surge in FinTech implementation in banks and other institutions, and increased internet usage in everyday life are all factors driving the global rise of the FinTech industry. It should include doing background checks and reviewing their security rules and practices. billion by 2030.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

The trends shifting in the eLearning sector due to the influence of COVID 19 on schools and colleges across the United States and the world are shifting to a hybridized-online and in-person format. 16- Rise of citizen developers. One of the benefits of the citizen developer movement is that it solves the developer shortage problem.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager’s cognitive-computing, deep-insights platform assesses billions of publicly available, unstructured data points to provide insights for its clients in finance, retail and consulting. Dragonera (2016) – AI based software development service. The company has just announced its $22M series C in December 2016.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. The startup scene is relatively young, however, which is partly due to some pretty fundamental cultural barriers. But these barriers are showing some wear and tear.

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Twitter Link Roundup #62 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Building Great Software: Less is More – [link]. Building Great Software: Less is More – [link]. “Only purpose of your 1st round of financing is to build a product, prove it has value&# – [link]. Tap global design network – [link]. 5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011 – [link].

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Cracking The Code: Why I disagree with Tony Zingale on the future.

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The theme was "the future of software". He is a great speaker and I enjoyed the speech, but after 40mn, I was still waiting to hear about the future of software.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

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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4 Things I’ve Learned As An Entrepreneur Right Out Of College

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering. Alex understood he knew next to nothing about software development and engineering, so he searched for an engineer. You don’t have to be good at everything.

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10 Reasons You Don’t Qualify for an SBA Disaster Loan

Up and Running

APRIL 22, 2020

Thoroughly explain your situation and provide absolute proof that your business is struggling due to the virus. PayPal Working Capital , Intuit, Fundbox, and Behalf are just a few of the fintech organizations that provide alternative financing alongside your local bank. Revisit your forecasts.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences.

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Twitter Link Roundup #70 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

14 Year Old Develops Top iPhone App; Dethrones Angry Birds – [link]. Is convertible debt with a price cap really the best financing structure? Good look at how people develop influence online – [link]. 45 Free eBooks for Developers and Designers – [link]. – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #89 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 8, 2011

Kickstarter: Financing Small Movies Online – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Collective intelligence and genetic structures of groups – [link]. Display Ads Lift Branding Metrics – [link].

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. Most startups fail. emphasis mine).

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Twitter Link Roundup #94 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2011

Cash is king: 8 tips for optimizing your startup financing strategy – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Good post by @micah on why failing just to fail is pointless - [link]. Is your biz competing in a crowded field?

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Twitter Link Roundup #54 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Worry About Customers, Not Financing or Exits – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The Digital 100: The World’s Most Valuable Startups – [link]. Logo & web design: the crowdSPRING alternative – [link].

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Ask developers if they’ve been involved with a previous web startup and what their role was in the startup.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. .

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. I discovered this firsthand when I contracted a software developer to build a system for the English teaching company that allowed classes to be purchased and scheduled via web application. We’d never hired anyone. Do people use those features?

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Debt, Equity and a Third (and Fourth) Thing that Might Work Better

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was surprised by this, as I thought Seth was going to discuss another option I’ve seen used with great success: customer financing. That’s when you find one or more (future) customers that help fund your product development in exchange for input into the process and free or highly discounted use of the software.

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Twitter Link Roundup #75 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Crowd funding offers entrepreneurs a shot at financing their dream – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Interesting story about how organic growth caused a startup to focus on a foreign market – [link]. 1 – [link].

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The 7 Highest-Paying Career Paths That Are In Demand… Right Now

Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 18, 2020

Software Architects. A software architect is a relatively new career path, with great potential. Students with a degree in Masters of Computer Science are eligible for the post of a software architect. Software architects help companies deliver better services and products. Here are some of them…. Physician’s Assistants.

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Twitter Link Roundup #176 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

If there’s one video 1st time founders should watch to understand VC financing it’s this one – [link]. 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 | MIT Technology Review – [link]. Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform | by Andrew Chen – [link]. An Interview with Marc Andreessen – [link].

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