Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. Expo SF (May.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. You can also download our presentation, " Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growth." Expo SF (May. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Sounds very similar to agile development which is the way. However, a technological solution cant necessarily resolve all human root causes. No doubt about it, small batches are the way to go RT www.anonymity.eu.tc February 21, 2009 7:39 AM Rocky1138 said. Im a huge fan of small batches as well. This is a fantastic article.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Boyd emphasized the importance of agility in combat: "the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than ones opponent." As Ive written previously , lean startups are built upon three main trends: Technology commoditization. Agile software development.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I know plenty of people who prefer more advanced source control system, but my belief is that many agile practices diminish the importance of advanced features like branching. Its not that the idea behind them is wrong, but I think agile team-building practices make scheduling per se much less important. Youd better. Expo SF (May.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Labels: agile , listening to customers 3comments: hauteroute said. 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? Split-test experiments that go on forever?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

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. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

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. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

And finally this bill acknowledges that networks of entrepreneurs and mentors are critical in getting technologies translated from the lab to the marketplace. While a few of the I-Corps teams are in web/mobile/cloud, most are working on advanced technology projects that don’t make TechCrunch. Why This Matters. in Science or Nature.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Recent economic events, technological change, and the rapid diffusion of information about the old models have combined to help us all realize just how important entrepreneurship is - and just how little we really know about it. I continue to believe that the explosion of interest in the lean startup has very little to do with me.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Now there was nothing wrong with their analysis: anyone who invents a technology as sophisticated as The Transformers is definitely going to make a lot of money. Turns out, they were incredibly well-credentialed graduate students who had, in fact, developed some interesting new robotics technology. are there any good substitutes?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

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. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Playing with new technologies. 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? Seeing whats possible. Building and testing prototypes. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

So you can imagine how I expected some skepticism when pitching ideas about technology innovation to, say, the U.S. So you can imagine how I expected some skepticism when pitching ideas about technology innovation to, say, the U.S. Read the rest at The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

In building ESL Perry made a conscious choice to emulate Hewlett Packard (then considered the “gold standard” of a great technology company.) The “customers” in Washington had never seen anything like it. HP had an ethical culture, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep Stanford engineering department connections. In response the U.S.

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JULY 9, 2010

Typical explanations tend to focus on the well-known anecdotes and larger than life archetypes we have in mind: the twenty-something college dropouts (men, of course) from Stanford inventing some radical new technology. The academic research tells a very different story. What do entrepreneurs look like? Are they born or made? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

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. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2016

His description of the daily meeting at Agile Software Development is simple: ‘The whole team meets every day for a quick status update. Moreover, a study at Washington University in St. The first is that none of them rely on technology and say that this is an advantage. Watch Merchant’s TED talk on the topic here.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

Photo Credit: J Haleem Washington. Thanks to J Haleem Washington, J Haleem, LLC ! #5- 8-Stay agile. 2020 was a year of many lessons, but if I had to pick one takeaway, it would be the importance of agility. Thanks to Jimmy Chebat, ZiZo Technologies, Inc. ! #9- Thanks to Bonnie Kuhl, Archer and Olive ! #4-

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. A really good technology executive can notice problems like the ones Im talking about today and address them proactively. Thats the ultimate task for the companys technology leadership. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Does this sound familiar?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

That data is completely consonant with the people I know who are successful technologists today, and similar patterns are documented in each recent wave of technology innovation. Think of how many 10-year-olds there must be in the data to balance out the occasional person who started mid-career. Its this second point I want to emphasize. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. But the same technologies that make life difficult for traditional marketers also offer them unprecedented new opportunities.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

The engineering team feels burned too, and feels that they were blamed for deficiencies in the spec as if it was their fault that the technology doesn’t really support what the artists want to do. So this time, they are going to spell out what’s important in even greater detail, to leave less wiggle room. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. Substantial research shows that immigrants play a key role in American job creation. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

And when companies pursue sustaining innovations — like a product line extension or a new technology designed to serve an existing customer segment — this procedure makes complete sense. They are long-term bets on the development of a new line of business, a new technology platform, or the creation of a new market.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

By learning to be rapidly responsive and agile. September 23-26 - TBA I'll be in New York and then Washington DC for media on these days, but don't have anything public on the schedule to announce. So how is it best to deal with uncertainty? How does an organization like this thrive? Ries wants to show you how. Register here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We laugh at people who think software patents are awesome, or want to give the RIAA more power, or think big companies should have a veto power over new technologies that are “too disruptive.&# We still shouldn’t tolerate it. Those are all positions that are coherent, understandable, and anti-meritocratic. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software. February 9, 2009 7:45 PM Joseph Flahiff said. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

I want to talk specifics, and when you come right down to it, most technology startups dont have a very interesting cost structure. Fundamentally, lean startups do more with less, because they systematically find and eliminate waste that slows down value creation. Sounds a little abstract, though, doesnt it? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

In almost all Agile Development systems, thousands of automated tests are run against every change to the software. 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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

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. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Ignore the famous people who are busy giving lots of speeches about how technology X will change the world. Given how many startups complain bitterly about how hard it is to find qualified programmers, Im surprised more dont engage more fully with the people who make their technology stack possible. Try it, you just might like it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

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. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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