dbates

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   by dbates 16y ago

   I wrote this post to give people a different perspective on answering the freelancer vs. dev shop question. We've had a number of entrepreneurs lately asking about the difference between the two and it seemed like a useful way to explain th
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   by dbates 16y ago

   This is a great point that too many entrepreneurs miss - hoping you didn't personally get burned on this! Unless you're in a partnership where you explicitly want to share IP, it's "works for hire". Good advice to avoid work with any develo
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   by dbates 16y ago

   In my new project, I keep hearing about all the people who did it before and stopped. Some pretty big players that are household names. I'm keeping an eye on what they've done and why they had to stop while not getting drawn into the "well,
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   by dbates 16y ago

   I checked out your post and you’ve got some great thoughts there. I’ve been given some of those BDUF software projects in the past and they’re definitely painful - if not impossible to deliver. The only reasons they were successful were tha
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   by dbates 16y ago

   This is exactly what I was going for in the post - that T&M gives the client and the developer a chance to team up in the most flexible way without lots of renegotiation. In an early stage project that's often budget constrained, and wh