Video Remote hiring has opened up huge opportunities for companies to access a wider pool of talent at an affordable cost. However, this has also come with its risks, and we’ve seen some of those in the software development space. In today’s video, I share some of my experiences hiring remote developers, to give you […]

Video A lot of development teams and software houses have forgotten what it actually means to develop in an agile way. In this video, I use Google’s Gmail as an example of how to move from sprint to sprint, and how to prioritize and ship features! Discover how to properly leverage Agile for efficient, goal-oriented […]

Video Every software system requires maintenance and evolution throughout its lifecycle. So what are the strategies for software maintenance especially if you’ve got a small startup? In some cases, startups find themselves with products that don’t really need much development after a while or rather don’t need to add any new features. However, just like […]

Video When should I switch from an agency to an in-house tech team? Should I even consider it, and if so when? This is another very common question that I normally get. The main thing to understand is that an agency is a single point of responsibility but also a single point of failure when […]

Video Getting users to quickly start on your app by importing their data, can massively increase your retention! User onboarding is one of those things that every software company and business knows is critical but struggles to get right. I’d like to share with you a quick hack on how to quickly and cheaply get […]

Should you get a technical co founder, hire a CTO or go at it alone? Every time I get asked this question, I normally like to advise founders to think about the stages that every startup moves through and the type of tech lead they need for each stage.

I got asked a very interesting question about programming languages and which one I would choose if I was to start all over again. The short answer is JavaScript. Why? Lets talk about it

When it comes to project estimations today, the huge debate in the software industry normally revolves around estimation techniques and which technique is better. While the estimation techniques matter, the biggest problem today is forgetting that these estimations need to be analyzed deeper. In this episode I talk about how to open up that much needed dialogue, to help you get better estimations from your developers.

Every founder of a saas business wants to know that the development work being done either by their in house team or an outsourced agency is of the highest quality. In this video I discuss how founders can judge the quality of their code base, as well as the 3 traits of excellent code!

One of the most common questions in the software development today is what it costs to build a certain app or a software that does x. In this short video, I discuss the true cost of software and what you should be thinking about when you start to build.