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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

TechCrunch

The rocket ship trajectory of a startup is well known: Get an idea, build a team and slap together a minimum viable product (MVP) that you can get in front of users. Performing a quick scan of the proposed legislation, guidance documents and other relevant guidelines before building the product is a necessary step of EVP.

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How to know when it’s time for your startup to stop DIY-ing legal work

TechCrunch

From the outside looking in, the world of startups can feel informal: You meet your co-founder at a happy hour, your lead investor over Twitter DMs, and focus more on launching a minimum viable product than buttoning up onboarding processes. But that’s not where the story stops.

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What is technical debt? A business risk IT must manage

CIO

This could be the way a team thinks when quickly rolling out a minimum viable product that they know theyll have to revamp later once theyve gained users and market share. Inadequate documentation: If poorly documented, even well-written code will cost your team and their successors wasted time and effort down the line.

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Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding

TechCrunch

It’s their documentation when onboarding new teammates. O’Daniel says that the funds will be used to exit the minimum viable product phase and “continue to make the product simpler for all caliber of engineers to deploy production-ready infrastructure.” ”

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Scaling Startups: The Ultimate Guide For Founders

Luis Goncalves

Successful scaling startups: Document and communicate core values Hire for cultural contribution, not just skills Create structured onboarding processes Invest in leadership development 3. These terms represent fundamentally different phases in a company’s evolution. What once happened organically now requires intentional effort.

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On Deck tried to do it all. Now, it’s trying to do less, better

TechCrunch

There are also services that help founders find other co-founders, prepare for the fundraising process and build minimum viable products. Sources say a term sheet — a document — was put on the table. This appears to be On Deck’s flagship program currently, taking place over the course of a full year.

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Equinix goes partner prospecting with AI

CIO

In addition, we solicit consolidated access to text documents and PDFs, which provide extensive information on upcoming opportunities and RFPs. It took us nearly four months to develop the minimum viable product and another five months to develop a scalable, integrable end-to-end solution.”