Why you should invest in consolidating your documentation
Where is your documentation kept? Is it one tool that everyone has access to? Here's why you should consolidate your documentation.
Communication
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Why is operational documentation more important than you think
Do you have an employee handbook? Are senior people required to spend hours answering questions of colleagues? Here's how documentation can help.
Why it’s worth spending time on writing out tickets
Have a small team that likes to move fast and break things? You are writing tickets. Right?
How to do a software rewrite
Should you start from scratch or invest time to refactor your application? * The concepts explained: software rewrite, starting from scratch, and refactoring * When should you create software from scratch? * Making the decision: How to decide to rewrite or refactor? * How to get started with refactoring? Software rewrite vs. starting from...
It’s here: Free Range Management, the book
Create space so your team can thrive. You must create space for knowledge workers to do their best work. But how do you do that? Welcome to Free Range Management. Free Range Management can be summed up in two words: create space. The trick is doing that in a way...
Most common challenges faced by startups in 2024
It’s pretty evident that a startup in 2024 faces unique challenges that just haven’t existed in other years. Every entrepreneur knows that they will encounter difficult circumstances, clients, and people. It takes determination to scale a startup. We've seen this after auditing over 100 startups throughout...
The Ultimate Startup Due Diligence Checklist for Investments
What is due diligence or a technical audit The goal of due diligence is simple: figure out the hidden secrets of the target company that may hurt its value or even kill the deal. But that’s a massive challenge. For investments into technical companies, there is an added challenge....
The first days as a firefighting CTO — what to focus on when you are hired to lead a team in times of change
At madewithlove, we join teams when things aren’t so stable. Maybe a key non-replaceable employee has left or a new investment is fueling growth. I join these companies as a CTO ad interim, someone to captain the ship through troubled waters. It’s hard at times since I’m...
Why tech startups fail - based on auditing 50+ SaaS startups
I’m sure you’ve heard the statistic that 9 out of 10 startups fail. How can you win against such odds? Is there a secret startup handbook to read or an investment due diligence checklist to follow? Madewithlove has audited over 50 companies, usually as part of an investment...