
#startups #startups #bootstrap #mvp #marketanalysis #digitalproducts - Best advice before deciding to START your own #software #development company 1. How did it all start for #linnify ? 2. How do we stand out in a vanilla #software #development pool of agencies? 3. Advantages and disadvantages of a company with several co-founders 4. Advantages and disadvantages of - aggressive - #growth 5. The most important lessons learned during the pandemic 6. Lessons learned from the current recession- so far 7. How is Romanian talent seen from abroad? Are we getting too expensive? Why pay the #premium? 8. Body lease vs B.O.T solution for others vs invest/promote your own product? Where’s the future from your POV? 9. What’s your USP (Unique Selling Point)? Why #Linnify and not others? 10. Working with start-ups that attracted external #finance (e.g. Series A,B etc.) - top 5 aspects to have in mind when working with such founders 11. Top 5 skills to make it in the long run in this industry 12. #Strategies to keep and win #clients that are price sensitive - especially those that have zero IT background 13. East or West - what options are being explored from a #sales POV? E.g. Barriers seen in DACH region, global competition level in UK etc. 14. After passing the #start-up milestone and becoming a bigger company what did you (re)invest in and why? 15. How dependent is the success of the company on your #executive team and how do you pick them? 16. Have you considered building a GCC (Global Capacity Center)/Delivery Center in Asia? +/-s you see 17. How do you set your yearly targets and break them down for others? 18. Your cure to fight #attrition and keep spirits high within the team 19. What would you do differently if as of tomorrow, the money to disrupt the market or change the game for the better was no longer a problem? 20. Do co-founding CEOs need to keep leveling up their executive game? If yes, how? How do we make sure we grow with the business? 21. Board of advisors - have you explored this? how do you think such a concept can help a company? 22. US Experience - what have we learned so far from opening an office in #Texas? 23. Getting the company listed - if yes at this thought, then why? 24. The importance of planning, delegating, and empowering from your exp 25. Tips on work-life-family balance, once you’ve taken such an executive role 26. Talk about how you promote or position such a business in the global scene - top tips if possible 27. Final recap - from both parties 28. A final piece of advice for the audience These are just some of the challenging questions #Management #Consultant Darius A. Tent has been exploring with LINNIFY's Co-founder & Co-CEO, Mr. Alexandru Bogdan. The end in mind of this detailed video podcast is to, hopefully, help thousands of #entrepreneurs out there find the courage, strength, and confidence to take a leap of faith and open their own software development agency, regardless of the fierce global #competition out there.
Full YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/zfur3TsmrKQ?si=HJ1uTzvqLS_XOa78