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

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

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“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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8 signs you’ve mistimed a major IT initiative

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“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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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.

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

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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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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

Do you know the relative effort to build your prototype or minimum viable product? Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Don't try to hunting programmers until you've pushed this as far as you can on paper and get early customers. It needs to be funded to be successful.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

Do you know the relative effort to build your prototype or minimum viable product? Ask a few CTO type people. Or ask me Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions. Don't try to hunting programmers until you've pushed this as far as you can on paper and get early customers. It needs to be funded to be successful.

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