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What do we know about software development in startups?

Software Engineering 2023-07-27 v1

Abstract

An impressive number of new startups are launched every day as a result of growing new markets, accessible technologies, and venture capital. New ventures such as Facebook, Supercell, Linkedin, Spotify, {WhatsApp}, and Dropbox, to name a few, are good examples of startups that evolved into successful businesses. However, despite many successful stories, the great majority of them fail prematurely. Operating in a chaotic and rapidly evolving domain conveys new uncharted challenges for startuppers. In this study, the authors characterize their context and identify common software development startup practices.

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@article{arxiv.2307.13707,
  title  = {What do we know about software development in startups?},
  author = {Carmine Giardino and Michael Unterkalmsteiner and Nicolò Paternoster and Tony Gorschek and Pekka Abrahamsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.13707},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2307.13104

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