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Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

SoCal CTO

No questions being asked ( Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything ) Rest of team says - “I’m not sure where we stand.” “I’m And the #1 reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time. The last 10% takes the other half.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

In the past fifteen years American exports to China have increased almost 500 percent, more than 10 times faster than shipments to the rest of the world. The United States, which has been a magnet for the most talented overseas-born software engineers, is now home to some of the most innovative software and Internet businesses in the world.

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SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

They had this great architecture, and Apple had figured out to get movies into their own computers for a demo, but for the rest of us there was no physical device that allowed an average consumer to plug a video camera or VCR into and get video into a Mac. But the rest of the management team really skeptical. Little did we know.

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Recruiting Should Be Your #1 Priority From Day 1

YoungUpstarts

For example, if you run a tech startup , you will know how hard it is to find good software engineers. Hiring great team mates is the only way to ensure that you rest easy when delegating responsibilities. Market dynamics also play a role, with some types of candidates in shorter supply than others.

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3 Things You Need To Be Aware Of When Calculating A Budget For An App Like Etsy

YoungUpstarts

Even if you truly believe they can, your team needs to include at least one experienced team leader to guide the rest of the engineers through software development specifics. In average, the hourly rate for software engineering services reaches $47 per hour. Hourly rate.

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NEXT by Startup Weekend in Boulder

Feld Thoughts

As a recent graduate of the Computer Science department at CU Boulder, I’m really lucky to have found what I want to do for the rest of my life, even if it was only recently. We learned how to take an idea and turn it into a company the right way using the Lean Startup process.

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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

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. Recruiting engineers is hard enough, but having to deal with fake/scam candidates makes it that much harder. Yes, you read that correctly.