ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With the rapid shift in the digital space, there has been a high demand for skilled software developers. Hence, this article will explore the concept of remote software development teams, their advantages, and how they differ from dedicated teams while providing a step-by-step guide on building your own remote dream team.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2014

By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. There is some thinking that equates project management with being a roadblock to speedy delivery of critical projects. ’ So how can project management be an effective tool versus a roadblock? That is certainly one way to proceed. Can this be accomplished?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

Use existing team to find a new manager or peer. If you already have some technical people on board, like software developers, and need a new manager, you supply the candidates based on credentials, and let them do initial interviews and make recommendations. Outsource your technical requirements.

Technical Review 230

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

Managing Your Startup Board?—?A My talk was about “ managing your startup board ” and the full deck is on that SlideShare link and embedded below. For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The outright and abject failure of a software development project is a surprisingly common occurrence, and the reasons for a specific project’s failure tend to revolve around three easily avoidable mistakes. Unreasonable Time Restrictions and Budgetary Limitations. Unreasonable Time Restrictions and Budgetary Limitations.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Software development is an umbrella term used to refer to the overall process that involves several tasks, such as computer programming, documenting, repairing and testing that concern both the creation and the maintenance of applications and frameworks. Hiring a Software Development Company: The Pros.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

Most IT projects require a variety of skill sets, from design and software development, to hosting and project management. Here are three questions to ask your IT vendor and project manager to determine the likelihood that your project will be well managed: How will you stay focused on the end goal?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2019

You don’t need to hire and rely on management, the outsourcing firm has its own management which has been working with the workers for years. Oftentimes, as priorities shift, you’ll need to upscale or downscale the development team. To minimize risk by making short-term contracts and relying on experienced management.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We suggest that you tell your developers to place their mobile device in their drawers, front desk, or a locker to help create a dedicated software development team. When creating a dedicated software development team, you need to stay notified about what’s going on with the project. Determine Your Needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

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. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage. WordPress - we spent quite a bit of time talking about how you could do a lot with WordPress to provide simple forms of lots of functionality. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

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. Marty Zwilling.

Software Review 285

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2019

4Geeks Academy students gain real-world software development skills that traditional education left behind but are required to meet the demands of our digital economy. 4Geeks Academy offers part-time or full-time, always on, bilingual curriculums focused on advanced software skills while providing unmatched job placement assistance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Contractors and freelancers, like any other business, manage their own internal processes, but they can’t manage your business.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

Much like a GPS plans the best route to guide you to your destination, KPIs help project managers stay on track for successful completion. Let’s take a look at the questions that project managers need to be asking, and how the KPIs that are visible through a comprehensive project management software platform can answer them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere. Neither partner needs to be managed. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Brings complementary skills and experience.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They need to be able to know the key Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder , figure out where/when/how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , Tactical advisors are also going to be already developing or leading development full-time at a startup.

Technical Review 332

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Intellectual Property 225

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

There’s an old joke in software development, “How much time does it take to design software?” If you’ve been involved with a number of software projects you already have an intuitive sense for this. In summary – I have been involved with software development for 25 years.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Content Management - do we need to allow easy editing of content in the system? Existing People Capabilities - what capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA do you already have access to? Site Management - what will be needed in terms of site management? Are there specific landing pages?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Contractors and freelancers, like any other business, manage their own internal processes, but they can’t manage your business.

Entrepreneur 303

Entrepreneur Philippines Bandwidth Cofounder 303

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Content Management - do we need to allow easy editing of content in the system? Existing People Capabilities - what capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA do you already have access to? Site Management - what will be needed in terms of site management? Are there specific landing pages?

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Up and Running

MARCH 12, 2019

For a lot of non-technical founders—that is, entrepreneurs with a business idea but without technical expertise— sourcing software development talent is critical. In many areas, however, the high demand for tech talent appears to be larger than the supply of qualified tech and software developers for hire.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2019

It’s actually good that the companies have started realising the importance of the testing phase in the software development life cycle. Software Testing’, or specifically the lack thereof, is one of the answers of why startups fail. Developers rush in and bomb. Well, Not really. Testing is important. Should Have.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Being able to hire talented professionals remains a difficult proposition in the current job market, especially when sourcing experienced developers, designers, and project managers. Outside project work for clients helps to assemble talented development teams. Agencies Need Well-Defined Procedures for Startup Development.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

The companies that ‘rent’ these products on a SaaS basis enjoy the highest standard in software without the costs, risks and tech quandaries of in-house development. This Levittown model is the future of payments software. The build-it-yourself era of payment software development is coming to a close and for good reason. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? ,

Technical Review 260

Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO Software Review 260

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2021

Ross Morel, CEO of Frogslayer - a custom software development and digital innovation firm - shares his experience of building his company around people. The post Putting People First Can Help You Discover What’s Possible appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

During a lull in her practice she got a serendipitous opportunity to shift gears completely and ended up leading software product development teams. Turns out that for big-business project management it's more valuable to be a sensible thinker and counselor than to be an expert in debugging legacy C++ code.). Common vision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, you probably won’t find a partner who will satisfy you. Does not need to be managed. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. You may be too independent to be partner material.

Partner 269

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 269

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2020

When creating a plan for your software development project, you need to consider several things. If you want to build a particularly complex piece of software, it can be a good idea to work with a software development agency. Improving Your Software. Would you like to read some more content like this?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Great product managers who are not great business people still often fail. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. They are the most important document you can prepare to align your management team on where you THINK your business will go.

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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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