Are the processes that Proteus Technologies use to deliver value to clients exportable to other software development firms?
I’ve been doing this for other development firms for some time as a consultant so clearly it is. In Thailand we partner with a training company, GPI Asia, to provide instruction to local firms on how to do just that. The biggest reasons I think people don’t adopt this our approach is because it requires a completely different perspective of the software development business and people (who are used to operating under a conflict of interest) generally feel they’re giving up too much control when, in fact, the opposite is ultimately the case. My perspective is so far skewed as a result of the positive experiences I’ve had that I can no longer imagine working any other way. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs who want to establish a successful software development consultancy? Do whatever you can to identify, attract, and retain the best technical talent you can. It is no exaggeration that the best developers are 10x as effective as a good average developer yet hardly cost twice a
