by Amaury Khelifi | Aug 17, 2018 | Business, Management
I recently coached yet another startup, and the founder was wondering if the lead developer could become the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of his company. For a lot of founders, this makes a lot of sense since they’ve already built a business relationship with this...
by Amaury Khelifi | Aug 10, 2018 | Development, Management
I come across this question quite often, but it came up most recently when working with one particular startup founder. He started by sharing his very promising idea with one developer, the one who created the first version of his app. As his business took off, he...
by Amaury Khelifi | Jul 27, 2018 | Development, Management
Startups are a unique and delicate type of business. Startup founders need to go through a minefield just to get to the growth stage, which in turn comes with its own challenges. One of the most common ones, caused by the constant flux of employees and need for new...
by Amaury Khelifi | Jul 20, 2018 | Business, Management
Everybody wants to be happy. Developers are not the exception. And as an employer, it should also be your priority to keep your employees and freelancers satisfied. Happy people make the most efficient and creative workers; and those who are best at what they do earn...
by Amaury Khelifi | Jul 13, 2018 | Business, Management
To be honest, it has been a while since I’ve seen startups being built truly remotely. Most of those that try, definitely lose some efficiency in the process. You see, when the developer is working in the same office you are, you could literally look over his shoulder...
by Amaury Khelifi | Jun 29, 2018 | Development, Management
Building a startup is all about minimizing risks because ultimately, risks represent money that we might have to spend in the future to deal with things that didn’t go as planned. In the interest of saving money, startup founders might see outsourcing their project’s...
