MVP Lean

09/12/2018

As I meet more founders, I've seen this recurring issue of bad codebases from what seemed amazing freelance developers, sometimes even well-recommended. Here's how to avoid this.

These are amazing times in terms of going from idea to finished product. But even though you can get cheap hosting, software or services…

07/09/2018

Sometimes a startup has the right idea, but not the right ex*****on. In this post I explore some of the things I've seen founders could have done to be successful Sometimes a startup has the right idea, but not the right ex*****on. In this post I explore some of the things I've seen founders could have done to be successful https://medium.com//the-top-7-mistakes-startup-founders-make-f0ec84505713

In a study by Harvard Business School senior lecturer Shikhar Ghosh, 75 percent of venture-backed companies never return cash to investors…

06/13/2018

"Software development is closer to art than it is to engineering". My reasoning behind why points are better than hours for software forecasting https://medium.com//why-points-and-not-time-units-allows-for-better-forecasting-511bc698315

There’s always a burning question in every manager’s mind: When will it ship?

05/20/2017

The myth of the developer that works 60-80 hours per week

Do programmers really work 60-80 hours per week and how do you make this happen?

05/19/2017

Agile is not just a bunch of tools and scrum

What is Agile? Over the last few years, the word Agile (or agile with a small a) has taken on different meanings and used in multiple contexts. This is a short post to give my perspective on what…

04/10/2017

Why distributed workforces will win

In Silicon Valley and beyond, there are still many advocates of the idea that teams have to work in the same physical place to reach their fullest potential. Remember the uproar when Yahoo banned w…

04/09/2017

This Is the Real Cost of Building a Startup

04/09/2017

Great article by Dana Spiegel => You Don’t Need A CTO To Launch Your Startup - FounderTherapy

Do you really need to have a CTO to launch a successful startup? Contrary to popular belief, you don't need a CTO during your company's early stages.

04/09/2017

Welcome to my page!

After working for 15+ years in the New York tech scene, I have embarked in this new adventure, offering the following services:

- Assist with technology and product roadmap, both short term and long term
- Evaluate outsourcing vendors quality and velocity
- Review engineering processes and recommend improvements
- Audit codebases and help deciding on refactoring or rewriting
- Coach founders on everything related to technology decisions
- Server architecture and scaling analysis
- Support the fund-raising process by improving decks and marketing materials

Please keep me in mind if you or someone you know wants a solid technical partner for their project.

Thanks for visiting!

-- Jorge Escobar