This list of gadgets that many full stack Ruby developers find useful in their work: 1) A mechanical keyboard offers a satisfying typing experience and can reduce strain during long coding sessions 2)Noise-canceling headphones or high-quality earphones help developers focus and block out distract...
Great question - my firm builds and helps migrate/support dozens of mobile apps each year. There are several questions that need to be answered before a reliable estimate can be given. For example, are you strictly seeking a native mobile app? If so, which platforms? Will the mobile apps shar...
In the clients I have worked with, the buzzword I'd use is "alignment". Alignment between your organization and this prospective CEO, in terms of values, vision and execution. Assuming for a moment that you'd only look at experienced people that have some level of skill to speak of, think not o...
This is a poor way of trying to sell SaaS products and other software. Unfortunately, it's also the ONLY way most people in the field know how to do it. I've written several times about the reasons demos fail to sell. Here are the links: http://www.salestactics.org/why-demos-fail-to-sell/ htt...
Not necessarily. As long as you have the stocks to be issued. Have a prior contract agreement between owners of what equity is available, the vesting period. (Some do it on % base points per year, i.e. 50% in year 1 and 50% in year 2, or 1k hours worked) if they walk away in first year they take...
There's no real magic to it. If you, personally, own the show, then you can certainly put together some pitch materials, and "shop" the show around to the major syndicators. See http://www.ranker.com/list/television-syndication-companies/reference You can do this directly, or through an agen...
The answer -> http://textrhino.tumblr.com/post/19492822693/apportioning-equity-how-we-answer-the-age-old
Congrats on your steady growth on Twitter and YouTube - that's definitely a good sign that you're on the right track! Sponsorship, brand integration, product placement, reviews, and endorsements are all good ways to make more income with your YouTube videos. Sponsorship would be like a regular...
We need to work on MVP and customer validation : how can we make the offering more specific and does this get a positive pickup from potential customers? When I work with my startup clients, we spend an incredible amount of time just summarizing the problem and how you are solving it. This need...
I've been a consultant, both independently and through two of the "Big 5" consulting firms, for the majority of my career. I've recently discovered that I have a serious aversion to time-based billing, that's been buried deep down in my subconscious for a while. Because of this discovery, I've ...