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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

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? , They look at the code produced on a regular basis to ensure that it’s high quality and right for you.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower Innovation

If you're grappling with this issue, identifying the specific cause can be difficult, especially if you don’t have a software background. This is where a technical review can be useful!) In this post, we’ll show you how to identify common signs that a dev team isn't performing as expected, even if you’re not that technical.

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Guidelines For Hiring the Best Software Developers

The Human Factor

This raises the difficulty of finding the top software engineers for a business given that many are bootstrapped and some are sponsored. All companies are now fundamentally tech companies, and employing software engineers is now a crucial task that greatly affects a startup’s long-term performance.

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Hackathon Survival Guide: What You Need To Know Going Into A Hackathon

hackerearth

Events like these are so important for developers, whether you are a beginner or an advanced software engineer, hackathons are the great equalizer and skill democratizer. The lessons you gain, both in software development, entrepreneurship, and in working as a team will pay dividends down the road.

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Maximizing Venture-Backed Company Success: The Importance of VC Investment in Operating Partners

Tullio Siragusa

Startups often struggle with scaling and growth, and operating partners or fractional CxOs can help them to address these challenges by identifying areas where improvements can be made and providing guidance on how to implement them. Finally, operating partners or fractional CxOs can help VC firms to improve their due diligence process.

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Creating Urgency: A Key to Success in Sales

Tullio Siragusa

This led to focused coaching sessions, guiding them on how to operate with a critical sense of urgency. Balancing Speed with Due Diligence: While decisive action is essential, it must be balanced with thorough evaluation and due diligence.

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Creating a Unified Future with Design Thinking: How to Align Sales and Marketing After M&A

Tullio Siragusa

Creating a Unified Future with Design Thinking: How to Align Sales and Marketing After M&A Post-merger and acquisition integration can be a complex and challenging process. The vision should articulate what success looks like for the organization and how sales and marketing will work together to achieve it.