Reference Check Questions for Software Development Partners
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Marcus Thill
Contributing Analyst, Pricing & Investor Readiness
Marcus spent nearly a decade as a venture associate and later an independent fundraising advisor, reviewing technical due-diligence packages for early-stage deals across enterprise SaaS and developer-tools categories. He now writes about how build-versus-buy decisions and vendor dependencies read to investors scrutinizing a startup's cap table and technical credibility.
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Ask references about post-launch behavior, team continuity, and technical debt before signing.
Database separation and operational overhead consume most migration budgets, not code.
Choosing the wrong engagement model costs more than hiring the wrong vendor.