by Alyssia Trujilo | Jun 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to build a software team without hiring 20 people By Steele Consulting Every growing business eventually hits the same crossroads. The technical work has outgrown what one developer (or no developers, or one stretched-thin team) can do. The owner has to decide...
by Alyssia Trujilo | Jun 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
And how to build one people actually use By Steele Consulting Every business has them. A dashboard somebody spent six weeks building, presented in a leadership meeting with real enthusiasm, and now sits in a browser tab nobody opens. Two months in, the screens still...
by Alyssia Trujilo | Jun 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
And how to know when it’s time to bring in help By Steele Consulting You can usually tell when a business has outgrown its tech team. Not because anyone complains — they rarely do. Engineers tend to absorb pressure quietly until something breaks. You can tell because...
by Alyssia Trujilo | Jun 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
A practical guide for business owners who are about to hire one By Steele Consulting You’ve decided you need custom software built — or rebuilt, or modernized, or maintained — and you’re about to hire someone to do it. The proposals are stacking up. Everyone you’ve...
by Alyssia Trujilo | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Put a Dollar Figure on It for Your Board Steele Consulting The slide that keeps getting cut Every CTO we work with at the mid-market level has had the same experience. Two weeks before the board meeting, finance asks for the engineering deck. The CTO has been...
