you want to start something?

Adaptive Blue offers some tips for software startups.

• 0. Must have code
• 1. Must have a technical co-founder
• 2. Hire A+ engineers who love coding
• 3. Keep the engineering team small and do not outsource
• 4. Ask tough questions during the interview
• 5. Avoid hiring managers
• 6. Instill an agile culture
• 7. Do not re-invent the wheel

Pretty sensible really. It’s definitely for a company who’s in the ’spring’ of their development as opposed to a startup. They’ll have money to hire with, for example.

When we started Infurious we had ideas and one coder. Now we have 3 actual coders and 1-2 additional workers who don’t write code. It’s a very different experience. But of course being a startup which has workers who only work in the evening (all having additional day jobs) is a very different world.

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