Category Archives: General

  1. Building Distributed Teams – Individuals vs. Pods

    This is the third post in my series on Building Distributed Teams. So far, we've covered why you need to be building a distributed team and what makes an ideal...

  2. Building Distributed Teams – What Makes the Ideal Team Member?

    This is the second post in my series on building a distributed team. Part one is here. Nothing kills a distributed team faster than hiring the wrong kind of team...

  3. Moving off of Upwork with a Contractor

    Pardon the brief interruption in my series on building distributed teams. I've been battling the flu this week and am just now emerging from the fog. Distributed Teams will resume in...

  4. Building Distributed Teams – Why You, Why Now

    This is part one in a series of posts on building distributed teams. For purposes of this series, I will be talking specifically about building distributed technology product teams. If...

  5. Building Distributed Teams

    I use the words "remote" and "distributed" interchangeably in this article. Both terms mean working for you full time (or maybe part time) but not in your office with you....

  6. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #029 – Tim Sinclair, CEO and Founder of RINGR

    "I would rather fail at greatness than succeed at mediocrity" - Tim Sinclair My guest for this episode is Tim Sinclair,  CEO and founder of RINGR. RINGR is an audio recording...

  7. Balancing Today and Tomorrow

    One of the hardest things that any software product company has to do is balance the needs of today with the potential needs of tomorrow. Answers to how the business...

  8. Time or Money?

    It seems most every decision in building technology products (or probably any business) revolves around one of these two constraints, often times both. However, you invariably have less of one...

  9. January 2017 Must-Haves

    Each month I provide a list of resources (podcasts, talks, blog posts, books, music etc.) that I consider to be must-haves. There’s no doubt that you’ll see recurring themes or...

  10. Generosity

    I was in Austin, TX last week doing some work with one of my favorite companies, Telestax (I am an advisor). Telestax is an open-source project in the telecom space,...

  11. Refactoring is a Sign of Trouble With Your Project

    Refactoring is a core concept in software development. A guy named Martin Fowler literally wrote the book on the topic, and he defines refactoring as "A controlled technique for improving...

  12. Hiring Junior Developers

    There's a time to hire junior developers, and it's not when you're trying to get your product off the ground. The early development team has to be 100% autonomous and...

  13. Bonus Must-Haves

    I've been reading some incredible books lately, and I thought that you might want to do the same over this next week of (at least some) downtime. Whiplash: How to...

  14. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #028 – Stephen Kane, CEO of ArbiClaims

    My guest for this episode is Stephen Kane, CEO and founder of ArbiClaims. ArbiClaims is a platform that brings parties together to resolve small disputes using trained arbitrators without having to go...

  15. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #027 – Jake Loosararian, CEO of Gecko Robotics

    My guest for this show is Jake Loosararian, CEO and co-founder of Gecko Robotics. Gecko Robotics make robots that do unassisted inspections of power plant boilers. These robots have sensors...

  16. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #026 – Brant Elliot, CTO of Stealz

    My guest for this show is Brant Elliot. Brant is the CTO and Co-Founder of Stealz, a mobile app that rewards customers for being brand ambassadors for businesses they frequent....

  17. December Must-Haves

    If you've been following this blog or listening to my podcast, you know that I typically post every Tuesday and Friday to the blog and then a podcast every Saturday...

  18. The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #025 – Mark Easley, Angel Investor and Investment Crowdfunding Expert

    My guest for this show is Mark Easley. Mark is a startup advisor and angel investor in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. Previously Mark had a 20+...

1 2 3 4 5 6 12