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.