Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

In other words, you need to make sure your audience is just as excited about the idea as you are. Smoke tests are specifically designed to be run quickly and frequently during the software development stages. You will also likely need help along the way, whether it comes in the form of a co-founder or a product team.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I wasn’t a very good software developer, and I was only modestly capable as a UX designer, but I learned enough to recognize clean code and effective, inspiring design when I saw it. Hunter Brennick , co-founder and COO of Landing Lion , emphasizes humility and listening for product managers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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. After all, the worst kind of waste in software development is code to support a use case that never materializes. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Im looking for a few people to run ideas by, give feedback, and generally help craft ideas so that they can have the biggest impact on this audience.

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Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On deployment My favorite question to ask a software development team is "how do you do a release." The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? You can tell a lot about a company from their deployment flow.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, This will be an in-depth discussion with a handful of entrepreneurs and founders that have been pre-selected. Now that you've been to Austin (and I sat in the audience), I can comment on the high quality of the presentation.

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Lean Austin San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this article, you’ll understand what brand equity is and how to build it so your audience reaches for your product, service, or solution over the rest. Invest in relationships so when the time comes, your audience will instinctively choose your solution to fill their need. Why brand equity matters now more than ever. Take Shopify.

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Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

At a recent talk, an audience member asked me about the impact of continuous deployment on morale. As luck would have it, one of IMVU’s engineers happened to be in the audience at the time. As luck would have it, one of IMVU’s engineers happened to be in the audience at the time. It’s really a lot of fun.

Continuous Deployment 167

Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Building Metrics / Usage Reports / KPI 3. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Why do I do it?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44