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Before you build your business or product, be sure to describe it clearly and concisely in the following manner:
Diagram with only boxes & arrows Use generic terms Avoid using brand names
Speak in business terms with your tech team using the diagrams that you create and significantly improve communication and transparency in your [...]
Continue Reading →Every company or product can be built using one of these three team configurations:
Internal: best, but difficult to build External team: cheapest, basic tech needs Hybrid team: for mid-range tech needs
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Continue Reading →It’s simple! Seed, Feed, and Weed!
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Continue Reading →Not everybody needs a CTO. How do you know if you need one? Analyze your business along the following lines:
Determine the amount of commodity technology used Issue of time to market Capability to utilize external resources
This will help you determine if you need a full-time or part-time CTO.
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More often than not, I see the business side of an enterprise focusing on development as the problem. How do you know if the business side is generating more than its share of problems? Ask yourself these simple questions:
Has the tech team been replaced recently? (and more than once?) Do you get consistent [...]
Continue Reading →For a variety of reasons, many people assume that they need a CTO for their company. This is not always the case. Before moving forward with your quest for a CTO, review the following:
Determine the level of commitment needed Developers are paid; CTOs earn equity Budget is a key factor
Are you capable [...]
Continue Reading →Be it the business side or the technology side of an enterprise, here are a few simple actions that you can take to make communication a lot easier and improve your team’s behavior and performance:
Form relationships Educate other team members Lead by example
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Continue Reading →Developers, engineers, and leaders in technology were not raised the same way as the rest of the people in a business. Here is some advice to bridge the gap in communication between nerds (as I love to call them) and the rest of the team:
Understand their backgrounds Defeat the corporate mindset Measure downtime [...]
Continue Reading →Both business and technical people must interview candidates for skills, smarts, and culture. You just go about it a different way, depending on your background. Here are my tips for hiring technical people:
Hiring practices differ from business & tech standpoints Tech standpoint: culture, smarts, skill Business standpoint: skill, smarts, culture Seek help if [...]
Continue Reading →The pains of remodeling and/or redesigning your place of home are a one-for-one match with the pains of building a startup company:
Finite resources Bottlenecks Time to market Old/no infrastructure Holes in the team Lack of detail & deadline Bad contractors
If you have done both, I have no doubt that you will agree!
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