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Project management software
My, to put it mildly, understaffed and overworked startup is trying hard to not reinvent the wheel and outsource as much tasks as possible. So we are currently on the look out for a great project ...
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Time Tracking tool? [closed]
Any recommendations for a simple (web) tool where team members can submit their hours worked? Ideally, we'd like the team member to be able to login, select the project they are working on and submit ...
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Should we pick a “boss” in a startup with friends?
I recently began working with two longtime friends on a startup, and we are hitting a wall when attempting to progress on anything.
We all possess fairly similar skills, so we can each handle any ...
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One-person startup over-organized?
I am currently doing everything for my startup, bootstrapping. Coding, design, business, marketing, etc. all by myself. My web startup is not launched yet.
I have recently started using Asana to ...
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Notable projects without investors
I recently read: If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a ...
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For mISVs that have a day job. How do you balance the effort with work, family and other obligations?
In the beginning there are so many things to do and so many paths that can take you off focus then add in that because you are a bootstrap and not willing to do a leap of faith your having trouble ...
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How to trust web developers when hiring?
We're hiring this amazing guy to build our website. I do trust him, sort of. But, is that enough? Is that all I can do? (find someone you trust) We'll be telling him each and every detail here.
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FREE, ultra-simple online project management tools [closed]
I am looking to set up a project management tool to keep track of bugs, and project tasks.
Is there any such thing out there which is completely free?
Thanks!
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How do I manage my time as my startup grows?
I am in between blogging daily and running a new expansion to the blog where we expanded into a new social network, this means managing features, launches, marketing, PR etc. what are the best tools ...
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Time Keeps On Slippin…So Stop Already!
As an entrepreneur, I'm always looking for ways to use my time more efficiently. Several years ago I took a time management course while working on my dissertation in which the primary message was to ...
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Putting limits to technical support for software services, is it good?
I have recently established a company to sell ecommerce software as SaaS. There are some leads that request proposals from me. I am in a dilemma. There are two risks that I want to avoid:
I want to ...
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How to split revenues in software project, how to come up with easy quick agreement for small project
Hi I was wondering how to split the revenues between a team ? what methods are there in project management so that we come up with logical fair percentage for each team member.
"if" there available ...
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Separate company for an unrelated product
Our main business line (software company) for the past few years has been consumer-based utilities for a very specific platform. We've built a bit of a following in the space, and are known (by folks ...
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Are processes and procedures only for enterprises?
I've had the opportunity to work at quite a few startups. One thing I've to be common in them is adhoc way of doing things and ignorance towards processes, best practices and known project management ...
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What should I be responsible for as the first developer in a large scale web project?
I am the first developer in a large scale web project, in the real estate sector.
I am not an expert in any field, I know the basic of all, programming, databases, something about design and a little ...
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What are techniques to elicit requirements from customers who don't understand their needs?
Question:
How do you prevent a situation where you have to produce work-product work first and get client feedback before getting on the right track to meet their needs?
Are there techniques to help ...
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Project manager without strong programming background?
I'm thinking of hiring a project manager to lead the development of few web apps my company is doing.
The guy I'm considering has considerable experience in managing projects for a large digital ...
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Approaching Programming/Project Managemenet from a non-technical perspective?
I recently asked a question of should I start dabbling into programming or should I stick to what I am good at: Sales, Marketing, Planning, Presentations, etc. The feedback was overwhelmingly pointed ...
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OmniPlan as a hosted app?
I'm a huge fan of OmniPlan for my development planning. It lets me set up my tasks, gantt chart them, measure resources, get a rough idea of how long things are going to take, and it's very friendly ...
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What kind of project collaboration tools are used in a lean startup [closed]
We would like to understand the kind of tools which are used by other startup(s) for maintaining their projects.
Project hosting (SVN or Git) - We have finalized on using Git.
Email collaboration - ...
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Project In A Week / development bootcamp
Our team is thinking of doing a "Project In A Week" (bootcamp), and I'm interested to know if anyone else has experience of doing this or has any advice?
The idea behind it is to get away from the ...
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How to make decisions with a lack of information?
Sometimes decisions are hard to make because of a lack of information or a crystal ball. The advice I've heard is that the important thing is to make a decision at all. The worse someone can do is ...
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Project Accounting Software for an Ad Agency?
I am working with a startup ad agency that has some very large clients for some large, complex projects.
Many of their projects are subcontracted to other vendors and to crowdsourcing platforms, ...
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Open-source, cloud-based project management software options? [closed]
I'm looking for a good solution for a cloud-based project management software for startups.
I really like 37 Signals "Basecamp", but cannot justify the monthly fee at this moment with all the ...
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Best way to structure deals and manage cash-flow as a digital production agency
I run a small digital production agency where we produce digital content for a number of brands. The company has only been going for about a year and we don't really have any formal agreements in ...
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What communication and project management tools work well for Startup Weekend? [closed]
With only 54 hours to build an app that's the basis for a business, a bunch of people who haven't worked together before will be doing a lot of things at once. Communications challenges minimizing ...
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Code Review & System (Re)Architecture
I've recently been brought on with a small startup to serve as their technical advisor to a group of developers offshore. The product is an ASP .NET WebForms application. One of my first tasks was ...
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How to manage developers who are inconsistent (i.e., very hot and cold)
I have worked with several developers who are very "hot and cold" in terms of their motivation. Sometimes they will slack off for weeks on a project and make zero progress, and other times they go ...
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Do I provide my finder fee with 5% of overall job or of my cost to do the job?
I have a Media Integration project. I was under the impression we would provide the finder on a 50k job with 3% so were my partners. It was a verbal agreement and we are going to honor it. My ...
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What Is The Best Way to Manage An International Startup?
My startup has employees who are in different places at different times. What is the best way to manage and to centralise files, emails, communications, ...? Would the web be the best place to start?
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Succeeding on (software development) freelancing sites?
We are a very small company that turned to freelancer.com for a small web development project. Things have not gone as smoothly as we have wished so we are analyzing what went wrong. One key problem ...
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Any experience with Basecamp and FogBugz?
I have been looking for a Project Management system to support collaboration across three partners in two locations for our startup. I'm specifically looking for perspective on the Basecamp and ...
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Recruit Managers before Junior Execs or other way around?
Have been running a business for a couple of years now but been managing most of the areas of the business myself - web development and marketing - while I have staff who take care of customer ...
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Collaborating with virtual marketing teams?
I understand there are a LOT of project management tools out there. But they all seem to be focused on development teams. Now my startup will include a distributed marketing team, so i would like to ...
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Web-based Project Management for me and the clients?
I am developing my website to the membership area part which will enormously help me and my clients communicate through web-based channel, then I come to the dilemma whether should I hand-code every ...
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Looking for advice about a system that helps us inform the client about hours worked and project status
As a startup we have few clients who are billed on time/hour basis and some on the percentage of project completed basis. Now regarding the reporting to the client as of now we were following the ...
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Does anyone have a template for a Product Requirement Document
I have an idea for web based service. I need a template for a Product Requirement Document (PRD), so my partner and I can flesh it out prior to having funtional development spec. Is there a PRD ...
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best practices of managing follow up calls in cold calling? [closed]
Best practices of managing follow up calls in cold calling?
Actually, I am searching for the best protocols in managing follow up calls.
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Is Survival of a Startup possible on Freelancing through websites?
We are a team of four (and great friends) and have a good product in mind and initial RnD shows great potential (Server based application).
But the problem is that we need to spend around 1 and a half ...
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Determining Limits of a Software Development Team
I'm currently managing 5 member (whom are also my friends) software development team for my startup and instead of looking for an angel investor I decided to finance my own product by my own. And in ...
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What is the procedure to finance a project?
A wealth individual would like to invest into a project where he would provide the funds and I would provide the management of the project. However, I am not too sure of the correct procedure to start ...
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Should I delegate tasks to be done that require knowledge I don't have, or learn it myself?
First off, I'll start by saying I read a few somewhat related posts, but I will still ask my question as my situation is slightly different and may call for different solutions. Anyway, here are the ...
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Web based Project management tool
I am planning on starting a Web based PM business to cater to small manufacturing plants. I know there is a small market for it and I want to use it. What are my best options:
Have someone create a ...
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Who is an account holder in IT firms: a partner or an employee?
While I used to work with software firms. I have seen few guys who comes in to picture very rarely during important phase of projects meetings who are called as Account holders for that project. Does ...
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As a consultant, what do you do if part of your new assignment requires expertise you don't have?
Tell the client openly and decline to take on the job or just accept parts of the job? Or say nothing and quietly outsource to another consultancy?
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How to Calculate a Quotation and Make a Proposal for Mobile Software
I have received an RFP from a small company to build an Android app. They have asked for a time/cost estimation together with a time chart for the given product specification (which is 25 pages + 30 ...
