As we work mostly for Startups we always align our work with the process they face in search of product-market fit. Lean Startup and Customer Development are common practices used by our clients. Our understanding of these practices make StarterSquad stand out against traditional digital agencies and software developers. We understand the process and rhythm… Read more →
In order for a startup to work on an MVP, it must have a founder who understands the technology (Steve Blank – Why Founders Should Know How to Code?), and a team to jump-start and build the project as an active partner. Good developers and teams are not easy to find. Some startups resort to hiring freelancers,… Read more →
I come across many people that want to start a business of their own, but have trouble finding the right startup idea. Although in some cases I suspect the phrase: “I am an entrepreneur waiting for a good idea to come along” actually means “I like the safety of my job, I have my mortgage,… Read more →
Entrepreneurship is all about risk. Building a startup is a risky exercise. But research has shown that most successful entrepreneurs are masters at analyzing and minimizing/avoiding risk. Just like investors, they view entrepreneurship not as a business of taking risks, but as one of mitigating and minimizing risk. From this perspective, we at StarterSquad developed an approach… Read more →
This post was co-authored by Iwein Fuld, Founder of Capacitor, the workplace where companies develop their apps with the help of distributed teams. Software development is more about communication between humans than anything else. A successful delivery of a piece of software is, more than anything else, a sign that multiple people came to a… Read more →
The big picture Last month, we kicked off the StarterSquad Launchlab as our laboratory for building internet startups. Up until then our remote development teams only worked for external customers building technological innovations. With cases like Vandebron and Zorgdomein we have proven our technical execution power. Our business model, which revolves around the sale of… Read more →
When you write about Startup Failure like Alain LeLoux did in his last blogpost you are almost obliged to give some tips to avoid these failures as well. The insight into the sources of failure already provides some direction for finding possible measure to reduce failure risk. But, Alain also was so kind to provide us… Read more →
As of September this year, SwipeGuide, a StarterSquad project, entered the Pressure Cooker program at Startup Incubator Utrecht Inc in the Netherlands. SwipeGuide is a platform that enables you to create, share and use visual step-by-step instructions on mobile devices. You can check out www.swipeguide.co to learn more about the startup. In this blogpost, I… Read more →
It’s been more than five years since Eric Ries first developed the idea of the Lean Startup, and 3 years since the publication of his New York Times Bestseller. Today, his work has become a staple in every startup founder’s bookshelf. But the Lean Startup approach is not only popular among bootstrapping entrepreneurs. It has… Read more →
One of the key tenets of the Lean Start-Up Methodology, and a piece of advice you hear constantly, is “get out of the building and talk to your potential customers.” Obviously, this is an important exercise to determine if anyone besides you thinks what you want to build is a good idea. However, depending on… Read more →
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