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What influences the speed of prototyping? An empirical investigation of twenty software startups
Anh Nguyen Duc, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson
It is essential for startups to quickly experiment business ideas by building tangible prototypes and collecting user feedback on them. As prototyping is an inevitable part of lear…
A survey study on major technical barriers affecting the decision to adopt cloud services
Nattakarn Phaphoom, Xiaofeng Wang, Sarah Samuel +2
In the context of cloud computing, risks associated with underlying technologies, risks involving service models and outsourcing, and enterprise readiness have been recognized as p…
How Do Software Startups Pivot? Empirical Results from a Multiple Case Study
Sohaib Shahid Bajwa, Xiaofeng Wang, Anh Nguven Duc +1
In order to handle intense time pressure and survive in dynamic market, software startups have to make crucial decisions constantly on whether to change directions or stay on chose…
Failures to be celebrated: an analysis of major pivots of software startups
Sohaib Shahid Bajwa, Xiaofeng Wang, Anh Nguyen Duc +1
In the context of software startups, project failure is embraced actively and considered crucial to obtain validated learning that can lead to pivots. A pivot is the strategic chan…
Affordable and Energy-Efficient Cloud Computing Clusters: The Bolzano Raspberry Pi Cloud Cluster Experiment
Pekka Abrahamsson, Sven Helmer, Nattakarn Phaphoom +8
We present our ongoing work building a Raspberry Pi cluster consisting of 300 nodes. The unique characteristics of this single board computer pose several challenges, but also offe…
Why Early-Stage Software Startups Fail: A Behavioral Framework
Carmine Giardino, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson
Software startups are newly created companies with little operating history and oriented towards producing cutting-edge products. As their time and resources are extremely scarce,…