Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Yet other agile principles suggest the opposite, as in YAGNI and DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork. Reconciling these principles requires a little humility.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. PersonalLibraries was focused on creating a reference management system for discovering, organizing and citing researchers’ readings. Parts one through five are here , Syllabus is here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

You refer to an anonymous Valley-based MMORPG that consumed years and tens of millions in development, but got little commercial traction. Refreshing to finally see lean and agile thinking emerge in product/business-floors and not only in technology. August 3, 2009 8:08 PM William Mitchell said. There was only one such company.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. With Agile you could end up satisfying every feature a customer asked for and still go out of business. The “build” step refers to building a minimal viable product (an MVP.) Lessons Learned.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2016

Those tricks could refer to really small things – selection of wood, glue and fretwire, sequence of procedures, etc. The agile approach recommends that you determine the biggest problem and solve it. The desired result could be achieved by applying dozens of patterns and tricks during the manufacturing process. Conclusion.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The “deep” in deep learning refers to the depth of layers in a neural network.) History tells us that late adopters fall by the wayside as more agile and opportunistic governments master new technologies. Deep Learning /Neural Nets – a subfield of machine learning. Neural networks make up the backbone of deep learning. Carpe Diem.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2017

Lean is a methodology that can be applied to all disciplines of knowledge work to increase business efficiency, agility, and visibility. Research shows that 95% of organizations do not start as Lean organizations – they implement Lean after identifying a need for better agility, visibility, and efficiency. 9 Reduced Costs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? I am very impressed and will use this and a direct reference many times. But along the way, something strange happened. And what about if deployment takes forever? This is more than just an "I think so."

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. (You can read the rest of his posts on his blog : Introduction , Part 1 , Part 2.) All video from the conference is available for free at Justin.tv

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

These days, flexibility and agility to meet new customer requirements is a key to success. Bill Gates often refers to his ongoing relationship with Warren Buffett as a mentor, and Mark Zuckerberg counted Steve Jobs as a key mentor. Practice how to do this with your mentor.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&# First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&# Within a month, kaChing observed several interesting things. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

The agile software movement has made numerous contributions: continuous integration, which helps accelerate feedback about defects; story cards and kanban that reduce batch size; a daily stand-up that increases tempo. One is used by engineers to refer to the process of getting code fully integrated into production. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Problems arise when companies isolate areas of the business in what Eric refers to as “functional silos”—independently operating teams (design, engineering, marketing, legal, etc.) . -- The webcast conversation examined corporate versus startup structure, and the limitations on innovation that corporations create for themselves.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2020

For example, there are AI tools that do things like automatic note-taking and transcription, so it’s easy for you to refer back to responses that were given to various questions posed during the interview. Internal collaboration. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Agile Web Development with Rails by DHH 3.5/5. With most of Learn Ruby the Hard Way under my belt, I dove into David Heinemeier Hansson 's book, Agile Web Development with Rails. They're top-notch, and I know plenty of advanced Rails programmers who continue to reference his screencasts, because he's always on the cutting edge.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

What their blogs lack entirely is any concrete reference to the style of management you described on this post. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said. extraneous SHIMMER reference spotted; you are dating yourself eric. Great post! You do a great job articulating.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

DevOps refers to the emerging professional movement that advocates a collaborative working relationship between Development and IT Operations, resulting in the fast flow of planned work (i.e., They are doing tens, hundreds or even thousands of code deploys per day, while delivering world-class stability, reliability and security.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For example, one of Amazon’s top cultural beliefs — what the e-commerce giant refers to as Leadership Principles — is “Customer Obsession.” collaborative problem-solving is valued within this organization”), and more.

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The Next Web

JUNE 29, 2012

Andrew refers it to “understanding the engine of adoption”. Because we use Agile and work on a bi-weekly sprints it was very difficult to prioritize it against other features. If you are not familiar with Andrew Chen’s amazing blog I really recommend you should start reading it, especially this one about the viral loop.?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. When faced with the time pressures of a startup, too many demands and too few people, we began to teach our staff to refer back to the five Mission goals and the Intent of the department.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

BTW, when the customers were “three-letter” intelligence agencies, contractors used an oblique way of talking about who they were working for: they were all referred to as simply the “customer.”) Their code name was UTR (Up The River) in reference to their geographic location up the Potomac River.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

The term ‘social capital’ refers to the connections and relationships between individuals and entities that can be economically valuable for a society. Our socially progressive attitude has helped shape the most creative and agile playing of the global game. Insufficient social capital. Entrepreneur Europe Analysis and Opinion'

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Strategy expert, Gary Fox , defines growth marketing as: “An agile and adaptive marketing methodology that focuses on how to get, grow and keep customers.”. Thread gives customers discounts whenever a friend they’ve referred places an order using their discount code: In both cases, it’s a win-win. Image source.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

To be clear, though, this diversity refers only to diversity of opinion, not necessarily to demographic diversity. To be clear, though, this diversity refers only to diversity of opinion, not necessarily to demographic diversity. So why is demographic diversity important? Demographic diversity is an indicator. Expo SF (May.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

One of the great benefits of a startup is their ability to be agile and adapt quickly to a changing environment. This refers to your monetization strategy and how you plan to generate revenues. The channel is often referred to by sales teams when identifying the route to their customers. Value capture pivot. Channel pivot.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

For reference, Aileen Lee’s original article on TechCrunch which helped bring “unicorn” into the parlance of our times was published in Nov 2013. FWIW this isn’t something entirely new or something that transpired just in 2015.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

or points of reference (painted lane markers on roads). At their most basic, these systems help a car determine distance and speed relative to other objects (surrounding traffic, pedestrians, highway guardrail, etc.)

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Standardization of IT process automation refers to standardizing both IT infrastructure and the approach to automation. Organizations that lack standard configurations incur greater costs and less agile processes than organizations with standard configurations. The improvement in workflow includes improvement in: Planning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

It would make article more approachable initially, and easier to scan when I go back to reference it. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Expo SF (May.

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Board Effect

MARCH 22, 2022

The pandemic revealed just how innovative and agile community banks could be as they moved swiftly to adapt their operating strategies and continue serving the new needs of their customers. Civic engagement refers to the individual and collective activities that define and address areas of concern in your community.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

While some people had previously rented out their houses, Airbnb organized the process, allowing homeowners to enhance the use of their private residences by incentivizing its customers to refer their friends to the platform. For me, it's a live example of agile and sustainable business. Thanks to David Fernandez, Capital Solutions !

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SVPG

JUNE 13, 2014

I was also a reviewer of the book and it is definitely a must-read for any product person and fills a very big gap in the current library of Agile titles. Good teams obsess over their reference customers. I was asked to write a foreword for this new book, and this article is an excerpt from the foreword.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Taking care of your mind, body, and soul, what I collectively refer to as your most important asset , is critical to the success of any person in the world of business. I don’t love weight training but I do believe in flexibility and agility. This is serious stuff. I’m a boxer and I’m a yoga man.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 11, 2020

It’s about becoming more agile. Companies who soar ahead in sales will have a multi-channel approach, with inbound and outbound sales and marketing strategies, and be agile enough to constantly pivot as the business landscape changes in the decade ahead. 2) Business Authenticity. 5) Outbound Sales.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 15, 2020

Digital governance helps to keep organizations agile, nimble and adaptable, which is necessary in today’s age of evolution and disruption. IT teams will need to watch out for shadow IT, which refers to digital strategies that are built or funded outside of the internal IT programs and activities.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2021

For those not in the know, SEO refers to search engine optimization. PPC is comparable to a speedboat — fast, agile, and quick to pivot but, as it requires constant refueling, it can soon get expensive. What is an SEO business? SEO takes time to execute and take effect. Indeed, it is often in constant competition with PPC for budget.

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