article thumbnail

8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

I respect Rob a lot and the fact that he is willing to take feedback when warranted gives his great credibility. The Agile Board. One of us usually calls back a couple of hours later to say they were sorry. Or they now see the other persons’s perspective. Rob is driven to learn. And improve. Board Meetings. Meeting Dynamics.

article thumbnail

How a startup should leverage a personal assistant

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

On this day we stopped looking at the hosted version as a new product line, and started looking at it as a market test; to see if we could build enough of a customer base to warrant a major investment in the hosted invoicing market space. Agile Development, meet Agile Business.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? But along the way, something strange happened. It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. And what about if deployment takes forever? Expo SF (May.

CTO 168
article thumbnail

From 160 Hours to 10: A Tale of Agile Business Practices

Software By Rob

At this point we begin looking at the launch of Hosted DotNetInvoice as a market test; to see if we could build enough of a customer base to warrant a major investment in the hosted invoicing market space. Agile Development, meet Agile Business. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

Agile 42
article thumbnail

Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

But even though it’s episodic, the ecosystem seems to pay more attention to average VC industry returns than is probably warranted.

LP 176
article thumbnail

How CRO Experts Build and Maintain Testing Roadmaps

ConversionXL

The ideal length will depend on the organization’s testing maturity and agility. You can set a strong strategy from the start, but things will change – your resources, your insights, your results – and that warrants an approach that incorporates flexibility and iteration. We typically recommend 6–12 week roadmaps.

article thumbnail

Digital Analytics Simplified: The Beginner’s Guide

ConversionXL

This will ensure everyone has access to the data they need, when they need it, making teams more agile and able to tweak strategies quickly. A high bounce rate warrants further investigation. Does the vendor offer training and support? Every analytics tool will have some kind of learning curve. Is your landing page design confusing?

Analytics 106