Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2008
He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content.
K9 Ventures
AUGUST 13, 2010
In 1996, when I started my first company, SneakerLabs, Inc., SneakerLabs’ first product was a Java-based chat server and client. I tell these stories to lay the groundwork for what I am going to call Revenue Development. But I’m going to contend that we’re still missing one leg of the stool, and that leg is Revenue Development.
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Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 4, 2009
I just dont comment. :) Steve, The term was in active use in 1996 in the MMO world, which predates Googles founding. Even though I had done it before, I had never heard the term sharding before joining Google (early 2003) so I always thought the term originated there. January 7, 2009 9:28 PM Raph said. Eric, I stop by regularly!
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 11, 2018
The Millennial generation – which generally refers to individuals born between 1980-1996 – continues to fascinate businesses. That means they hold a lot of power, both through the products and services they purchase and by way of social influence. by Sally Poblet, CEO of Wellthie.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2016
My first company (Feld Technologies) was acquired by a company doing a rollup (AmeriData – acquired 40 companies between 1992 and 1996 when it was then acquired by GE Capital.) I love using a targeted acquisition approach in conjunction with a business that has a clear strategy and strong organic growth.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 3, 2012
Technical founders Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin built the original prototype at their lab at MIT starting in late 1996 before raising capital, so in a sense Akamai’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was a prototype with the basic architecture and traffic mapping in place that validated algorithms for the founders and investors alike.
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