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Build a versatile startup team to make pivots easier

TechCrunch

New founders often believe that they are building a product, a marketing machine or a well-oiled operations machine. As a startup CEO, you have three jobs: Don’t run out of money, set the direction and culture of the company and — most importantly — hire the right team.

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Choosing a cloud infrastructure provider: A beginner’s guide

TechCrunch

The promise of lower hardware costs has spurred startups to migrate services to the cloud, but many teams were unsure how to do this efficiently or cost-effectively. Developers at startups thought they could maintain multiple application code bases that work independently with each cloud provider.

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A Step By Step Guide to Creating Your Startup’s MVP

KitelyTech

An MVP (minimum viable product) is the most bare-bones version of a product that your company can sell. In the past, companies would sink all of their resources into creating products before trying to sell them only to find that they won’t sell. What is an MVP (Minimum Viable Product)?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

TechCrunch

Traditionally, companies hold in-person sales kickoffs (SKOs) in January and February to network, educate sales teams about new products and devise strategies for the year ahead. One recent survey of sales and marketing professionals found that only half of respondents said they were likely to attend an event in H1 2022.

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What is the Product Development Life Cycle?

Openxcell

Introduction Market and customers are the two sides of the same coin. New requirements enter the market, and the old standards of service need to respond to expectations. Naturally, products and software solutions can’t remain static – they must adapt to retain market dominance. What is the Product Development Life Cycle?

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Digital Product Conversations #1: Martin Lasarga, Postclick

UruIT

We asked him a few questions to learn from his experience with this digital product, and asked him to share the lessons he has learned in the path that took him from his early career stages as a developer to the role he has now. How did you become a senior product manager? Having high standards and structure for the team.

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Average Cost of Software Development

iTexico

Average Cost of Software Development. There can be no market without expenses to be paid. Software development is as much beholden to the whims of this as any other sector. Investment is the keyword here - with keen attention, any amount of money funneled into making the software development process run will recoup its expenses.