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From Ph.D. to boutique software developer: An interview with Solwey’s Andrew Drach

TechCrunch

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups. Why did you choose the boutique consultancy model?

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8 signs you’ve mistimed a major IT initiative

CIO

“Very often, IT teams don’t consider other, non-IT, activities that can affect their user base and their ability to collaborate,” says Seth Lively, US digital lead at IT consulting firm PA Consulting. Confusion results when the initiative inadvertently ruins departmental synchronization.

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Examining low-code/no-code popularity across Africa and its range of disruption for CIOs

CIO

Actors and leaders of incubators and educational movements are doing what they can for the sake of those in both technological and non-technological sectors. Many become coaches or consultants of low-code/no-code for companies while others within incubators or movements lead awareness and training on these technologies.

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7 modi per rendere le IT operation più efficienti

CIO

Il perseguimento dell’efficienza nell’IT dovrebbe essere un processo continuo, non un evento una tantum, afferma Robert Orshaw, global cloud operate leader di Deloitte Consulting. Tuttavia, a causa della disattenzione o della conduzione di pratiche obsolete, l’IT può diventare progressivamente inefficiente e improduttivo.

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Appetiser’s co-founders discuss building client relationships and getting to MVP

TechCrunch

“We were able to use our CTO to lead a team of six devs from the Appetiser team, with occasional UX/UI, product management and project management as needed. Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups. Why does your strategy require defining a minimum viable product (MVP)?

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Here are some important and relevant posts that relate to the topic of defining the right MVP. The "Questions" post is probably the most important.