Most Common Technology Challenges that we find when we acquire a founder-owned technology company
Jim and Alan spend some quality time talking about the most common technology challenges that we uncover when we acquire a founder owned technology company. This is not a criticism of how these compan...
24 Mars 201652min
How PE Hires Management Teams
Devin sits down with Chris Morgan, the founder of Lantern Partners, an executive search firm focused on hiring C-Suite executives at PE-backed companies. We cover how to get in the candidate flow, wha...
18 Mars 20161h
Shiny New Toy Syndrome -- And what the Founder can do about it.
Alan and Jim spend some quality time talking about the Shiny New Toy problem (SNTS) in software development. The tendency for software teams to pin their hopes and dreams on leading edge technology ...
11 Mars 201648min
Everything a CEO Wants to Know About Technical Debt
Jim and Alan spend a fast hour talking about technical debt. It's everything that a CEO/CFO/COO or Founder needs to know about technical debt -- and how to start paying it down. What causes techni...
4 Mars 201648min
Hey, You, Get Onto My Cloud
Jim and Alan talk about the Cloud. Private clouds versus public clouds. Should you ditch your own server room and move everything to the Cloud? Start small and build ... or go "all in" on the Clou...
23 Feb 201653min
Exchanging Data 101 -- Email, FTP, SFTP, DropBox, Box, S3 and More!
Jim and Alan discuss the history and details of exchanging data between companies and applications. Email might be the easiest and quickest technique, but find out what it's not very secure or reliab...
12 Feb 201652min
The Myth of the Full Stack Developer
Jim talks with Alan, Simon and Tiago about the myth of the full stack developer. Alan plays the role of the database and webservices architect. Simon is the user interface and client-side maven and ...
29 Jan 201637min
Technology Trends for 2016 -- What's Hot and What's Not?
Jim and Alan talk about the technology trends for 2016. What's on the rise? What technology is falling out of favor? What will be the most hyped technology in 2016? Jim asks the questions and Ala...
21 Jan 201652min
