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Calling all Venture Capitalists!
Need to evaluate potential investments? Test they really have a product people want? We can help with our Minimum Viable Product approach and ensure true product validation has occurred – or help you help them to get to the stage to burn to the next level Our approach to product evaluation comes straight from your [...]
September 15th, 2010 read more
Secure your investment
A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) has just those features (and no more) that allows the product to be deployed. At Cobalt Storm we take a VC friendly approach to assessing your technology with a view to making it most attractive to investors. We employ our unique approach to MVP that aims to maximise your presentation [...]
July 11th, 2010 read more
One size does not fit all
Size is everything! and appreciating that one size does not fit all is one of the things that makes Cobalt Storm unique. Since the beginning of time it has always been the case, everything comes in all shapes and sizes. It can even be said for software and product development processes that underpin it. When [...]
May 09th, 2010 read more
Growth of Social Media
A great video charting the growth of Social Media. Getting keyed into this growth is one angle for revenue generation, and being able to respond to it technically is another challenge altogether!
March 24th, 2010 read more
The State of the Internet
An interesting video charting internet traffic in terms of communication (email) and social networking sites. Cool if you like numbers! JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
March 03rd, 2010 read more
Avoiding the ‘bikeshed’ with MVP
It is the trivial that will generally bog down any discussion as everyone can have an opinion. Cobalt Storm use the MVP approach to attempt to stop this from happening…
February 24th, 2010 read more
Is EC2 really that cost effective?
Much has been spoken about the benefits of cloud providers, particularly Amazon EC2. But do they really stack up on cost? We are a supporter of the whole cloud movement (real cloud that is – not just those marketeers that call ASP ‘Cloud’) as we think it yields great benefits. Cost is one, but there [...]
February 22nd, 2010 read more