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Software Startups Success Factors Study under the Entrepreneurial Perspective

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Tatiany Xavier de Godoi,

André Menolli,

Gustavo Marcelino DionísioAuthors Info & Claims

SBSI '19: Proceedings of the XV Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems

Article No.: 53, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3330204.3330263

Published: 20 May 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Entrepreneurship, innovation and startup are widely used terms lately, and much information is currently available on this subject. Software startups are companies that have particular characteristics, such as being scalable, developing innovative products, and living in an environment of uncertainty. Considering the scenario of these types of companies is still incipient, this paper aims to analyze the perception of software startups in relation to the main factors described in the literature that can lead to success or failure. For that, a survey was carried out with software startups incubated in Paraná. The results show that the startups perception is that their success is related only to internal factors of the company, and that many software startups are not prepared as they should in the early stages of development, not applying several concepts described in the literature as fundamental to aid in the business development and validation.

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Software Startups Success Factors Study under the Entrepreneurial Perspective
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties

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Izo FVereau LPirovani JOliveira EBadue C(2023)An Intelligent Report Generator for Chemical DocumentsProceedings of the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems10.1145/3592813.3592915(276-283)Online publication date: 29-May-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3592813.3592915
Miranda AGama KDe Souza C(2023)An Exploratory Study of the Benefits of Time-bounded Collaborative Events for Startup Founders2023 IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE)10.1109/CHASE58964.2023.00014(43-55)Online publication date: May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/CHASE58964.2023.00014

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