Articles
Building Software
Scoping, specifying and shipping software: requirements, first versions, delivery quality, technical debt and ownership.
30 Aug 2026
How to Protect Your IP When Outsourcing Development
Who owns your code when you outsource? Learn the contract clauses, legal facts, and oversight that keep your IP yours before you p...
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29 Aug 2026
How to Manage Technical Debt in a Startup (2026 Guide)
What technical debt costs, how to spot it early, and a practical playbook to manage it before it starts setting your roadmap for y...
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24 Aug 2026
How to Choose a Tech Stack for Your Startup
How to choose a startup tech stack in 2026: the 5 factors that matter, popular stacks compared, costly mistakes to avoid, and when...
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17 Aug 2026
Minimum Viable Product Examples: 8 MVPs That Worked
8 real minimum viable product examples (Dropbox, Airbnb, Zappos, Uber) — what each founder shipped first and how to scope your own...
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16 Aug 2026
How to Ensure Quality in Outsourced Development
A founder-friendly guide to ensuring quality in outsourced software development: clear scope, code reviews, testing, and senior ov...
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11 Aug 2026
MVP Roadmap for Investors: What Seed VCs Want to See
Build an MVP roadmap that raises seed funding: what investors expect at each milestone, a founder template, and real 2025-2026 ben...
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8 Aug 2026
How Long Does It Take to Build an MVP?
A realistic 2026 guide to MVP timelines: typical ranges by complexity, the five build phases, what drives the schedule, and how to...
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5 Aug 2026
MVP vs Prototype: What Founders Should Build First
Prototype or MVP first? The real difference, when to build each, 2026 costs and timelines, and how to validate your idea before yo...
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3 Aug 2026
The Stratgik MVP Effort Model 2026: developer-days per feature
Our full estimator model, published: how many developer-days each feature adds, the platform, design and scope multipliers, and ho...
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1 Aug 2026
How to Scope an MVP: A Founder's Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to scope an MVP: define the core problem, map one user journey, cut features ruthlessly, and ship the smallest version w...
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30 Jul 2026
MVP Feature Prioritization: A Founder's 2026 Guide
Learn how to prioritize MVP features with MoSCoW, RICE and Value-vs-Effort. A founder-focused framework to scope a lean, testable...
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29 Jul 2026
How to Write a Software Requirements Document (SRD)
A step-by-step guide for founders: what a software requirements document (SRD) includes, an SRD vs PRD vs BRD table, a template, a...
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