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One of the most frequently asked questions and the first challenge many founders encounter is to locate and engage a developer to begin building their app. Due to growth or attrition, this is a recurring challenge. In this guide, we’ll look at strategies for locating talent, assessing potential candidates and successfully on-boarding them into your […]

What is a single point of failure? My favorite example is the story of a boy who grows up in a remote desert location collecting water. He becomes the target of a totalitarian government who then kills his family. He leaves his home with an old family friend who tells him he has a special […]

This is Gerald Cotten, the founder of QuadrigaCX. QuadrigaCX is a cryptocurrency exchange that was launched in 2013 to give Canadians a better option to buy Bitcoin. It grew quickly, amassing $190,000,000 in investment. On December 8, 2018, Gerald died, taking with him the password for the cryptocurrency wallets. By design, without this password, those […]

You want to add a new feature to your product. You think it will be around $3,000 to get it knocked out. You get a quote from a developer on Upwork – $12,000! “Ugh! Ok, I have $12,000,” you think. “I’m golden!”. Don’t become a victim to not considering all the costs involved in bringing […]

During the course of the development and management of your product, you will have people come and go from the project. You need to make sure you have control over the key components and products that power your business. Here are a couple of reasons you might be in this situation: You outsource aspects of […]