Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2012

You might also look at tactics that you’ve refined in an innovative way--say, a new take on A/B testing or continuous deployment. * Where have applied a lean approach to a new problem we haven’t considered? We also care about your presentation style.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

Like Continuous Deployment, whereby IMVU deployed changes to their web application +50 times per day, BetaBrand's aim is to put out a new product every day. It was a fairly organic thing. It was really done to control our costs to begin with, but it's become a fascinating way to actually improve upon products as we go along."

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Design for Continuous Deployment – [link]. A good culture avoids these dangers: Eight Dangers of Collaboration – [link]. Don’t Be A Free User – [link]. Cheap Willl Be Smart. Expensive Will Be Dumb – [link]. Klout, My Story & Why Opting Out Was My Only Choice – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

As Shutterstock has grown, there are a few key elements to our continued development speed: Small, autonomous teams: The more a team can do on their own, the faster they can go. Continuous deployment: A key component of speed is to keep pushing out work.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

So if you’ve got advice to share on implementing a continuous deployment framework, for example, we’re all eyes. So, no, you absolutely do not have to be a developer to give a talk. That said, we do have room this year for a handful of tech talks. 5) Do I have to follow the directions on the application form ?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Lastly, we used to track deploys to production because we were so proud of our continuous deployment practice, but past a certain threshold (we are somewhere north of 200 deploys a month) this is a vanity metric. Usage of a new feature was a useless stat for us until we changed it to repeat usage. Challenge #2: Technical Debt.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 6, 2015

But even if you are agile, lean, and practice continuous deployment, it’s still a good read as it provides reminders of what the world used to be like and what the manufacturing-rooted theories are behind these “new” techniques in software development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. Continuous Deployment is Continuous Flow applied to software.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 28, 2009 Continuous deployment for mission-critical applications Having evangelized the concept of continuous deployment for the past few years, Ive come into contact with almost every conceivable question, objection, or concern that people have about it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Continuous deployment and continuous learning At long last, some of the actual implementers of the advanced systems we built at IMVU for rapid deployment and rapid response are starting to write about it. Continuous learning -> Continuous feedback!

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This is why we use Gentle Deployment Techniques including assessing customer impact. Even though this may seem counter-intuitive, continuous deployment is actually a very powerful gentle deployment technique and, when used properly along with customer impact assessment, it is a powerful tool for good.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 16, 2009 Continuous deployment with downloads One of my goals in writing posts about topics like continuous deployment is the hope that people will take those ideas and apply them to new situations - and then share what they learn with the rest of us. Thanks for the comments.

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www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Because it has an RSS feed, one could also use "Unresolved Hoptoad Errors" as a metric influencing the continuous deployment system. Update: I havent used Heroku , but as Ryan points out in the comments it definitely belongs on this list as a compelling, get-up-and-running fast deployment platform.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’ve been describing this as a part of a “continuous board engagement” – similar to “continuous deployment and continuous innovation” in Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

The engineering philosophy behind it makes total sense – move fast, build quickly, automate testing, validate your decisions through data, leverage open source when you can, build MVPs and get as close to continuous deployment as you can. Can it work for an enterprise software company?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2012

Yeah, I’m a big believer at being lean and to always practice continuous deployment. In order to get more customers we needed to simplify our value proposition. The first step in this road was to truly understand our customer’s needs.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2019

Docker containers support CI (continuous integration) and CD (continuous deployment) implementation. It allows developers to build their code collaboratively through image sharing while simplifying deployment to separate infrastructure. Another software platform using containers is Docker.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Struggling to explain the successes and failures of those companies, I discussed principles like continuous deployment, customer development, and a hyper-accelerated form of agile. My personal background was as an engineer and my companies had been Web-based startups, so that is what I wrote about.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

John Goulah will show you how Etsy gets engineers on board with continuous deployment, an important technical environment that many resist. Cindy Alvarez and Ethan Gur-esh will discuss their process in helping Microsoft teams transition into using Lean Startup methods.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The underlying drivers are the continuing shift into the cloud, the growing complexity of online services, and the trend towards continuous deployment – all trends with legs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

I spent some time with his company before the conference and discussed ways to get started with continuous deployment , including my experience introducing it at IMVU. Moreover, approaching the problem from the direction that I had intuitively is a recipe for never reaching a point where continuous deployment is feasible.

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usersknow.blogspot.com

APRIL 30, 2010

► November (2) 6 Reasons Users Hate Your New Feature Is Continuous Deployment Good for Users? . ► February (1) 6 Ways You May Be Failing at Customer Development ► 2009 (9) ► December (1) Which Metrics Equal Happy Users?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It seems your cluster architecture is one of the key architectural constraints making continuous deployment possible. If you cant deploy to 5% of the nodes and check the results, then how would you accomplish continuous deployment? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. When operating with continuous deployment, its almost impossible to have integration conflicts. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

But if you want to practice rapid deployment, you need to be able to deploy that build in one step as well. If you want to do continuous deployment, youd better be able to certify that build too, which brings us to. For more on continuous deployment, see Just-in-time Scalability. Can you make a build in one step?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

To do that, we add specific speed regulators, like integrating source control with our continuous integration server or the more elaborate dance required for continuous deployment. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. One last thought. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If we’re practicing continuous deployment, we can be confident that we’ll be able to rush an emergency fix into production without risking introducing further problems. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. We can also ask: how would we fix the problem if it does occur?

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SVPG

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Quite a few teams now are taking this principle to its logical conclusion and releasing continuously (known as continuous deployment). This means that each logical change (or sometimes groups of changes) are released in small "micro-releases" as soon as they are ready. There are a couple pretty significant benefits to this.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Why Continuous Deployment? Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Work in small batches Continuous deployment with downloads What is a market? (a

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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