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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

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Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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A prep checklist for startups about to undergo technical due diligence

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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Previously, the author offered a detailed overview of the technical due diligence (TDD) process investors conduct before injecting cash into early stage startups. Code quality. Which software languages do you use?

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For deep due diligence, minimize disruption to maximize success

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Most founders are so laser-focused on convincing investors to invest that they don’t fully consider the due diligence process that comes after. When it comes to due diligence, investors can vary enormously in their approach. If you’re satisfied, move ahead.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep due diligence, early Q1 2023 VC results, flight lessons for angels

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Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription Business schools teach the basics, but Mysty Rusk, who’s reviewed around 4,500 deals over the last 20 years, says the most important lessons she learned were the result of mistakes she made along the way.

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Decoding Code Review and Pull Requests - a handbook for Software Engineers and Tech Leads

A complete handbook on implementing a code review culture in your organization. Written by Elaine Watanabe, it's a practical e-book with useful examples and references, and a must-read for all tech teams.

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3 ways PE firms can ensure relevant due diligence for M&A targets ahead of a recession

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midmarket, that deal volumes might increase due to the rush to close deals before the year ended. Accounting and financial reporting software. It has become important for any due diligence provider to stress test a company’s ability to sustain losses and maintain sustainable liquidity and cash. Cash flows.

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Commercial software licenses in software due diligence

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Black Duck Audits help customers understand commercial software licenses associated with third-party code, reducing the risks involved during an M&A. The post Commercial software licenses in software due diligence appeared first on Application Security Blog.

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How AI and ML Can Accelerate and Optimize Software Development and Testing

Speaker: Eran Kinsbruner, Best-Selling Author, TechBeacon Top 30 Test Automation Leader & the Chief Evangelist and Senior Director at Perforce Software

While advancements in software development and testing have come a long way, there is still room for improvement. With new AI and ML algorithms spanning development, code reviews, unit testing, test authoring, and AIOps, teams can boost their productivity and deliver better software faster.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?”

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

As a senior software leader, you spend much of your time trying to optimize your team's performance – from increasing delivery rate and velocity to reducing defect rates and waste. To do this, you've learned a wide variety of techniques and methodologies - SCRUM, Kanban, TDD, DevOps, self-organized teams, and much more.

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Data-Driven Performance Feedback Helps Teams Improve Customer Outcomes

Speaker: Mickey Mantle, Founder and CEO at Wanderful Interactive Storybooks | Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Author, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

In order to be successful at delivering software, organizations need to become data-driven. And in the era of agile, which recognizes that software development is a team sport, performance reviews need to use data for programmer growth and to give focus to business results. How data-driven performance reviews do that.

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Open Source & Open Standards: Navigating the Intricacies of a Symbiotic Partnership

Speaker: Guy Martin, Executive Director of OASIS Open

Our worldwide society has continued to operate and thrive due to foundational technologies like the Internet. In the early days of technology, the building blocks of strong open standards combined with open source code that implemented these standards set the stage for breakthrough innovations. Live and On-Demand Masterclass.

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If You Build It, They Will Come: A Guide to Customer Onboarding

Speaker: Jamie Bernard, Sr. Product Director and Product Management Practice Lead at Nexient, an NTT Data Company

Creating new software and releasing it into the marketplace to achieve wild success is the dream! In this webinar we will review: The elements of good customer onboarding. "If you build it, they will come” is an idea that runs rampant in organizations. Examples of successful product onboarding strategies.

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Improve Onboarding with User-Centered Design

Speaker: Dr. Kate Wolin, Founder, Circea

She will also review how a patient-centered design strategy can be used to evaluate and refine onboarding processes. Join Dr. Kate Wolin, founder of Circea, for an overview of behavioral science and the evidence-based strategies that can be used to support patient engagement.