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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

If you’re going to the Demo Day in Silicon Valley, these are the startups you’ll be hearing from: Peerby : Peerby enables people to rent goods in their neighborhood and just won over 100,000 euros at the Green Challenge. Wercker : a continuous deployment solution for software developers, hosted in the cloud.

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The Awesomeness of a Hackathon

Feld Thoughts

I’ve become a big advocate of true Agile development (partly because of my experience with Rally Software – the leader in Agile software development environments) and – more recently – the notion of trying to get to continuous deployment which has been popularized by Eric Ries. Demos and awards start at 5:30pm. Food is included.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

in many cases an example is required - demo, or in my case video guitar lesson along with google ads for quick test data. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Lessons Learned: A hierarchy of pitches

Startup Lessons Learned

Most important slide: live demo Prototype product Key questions: what will it take to ship a working product? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. whats the launch plan?

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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Startup Stories: Looking back on the acquisition of our first 1,000 customers

The Next Web

Support via mail, phone, live demos and basically everything the customer wants. Yeah, I’m a big believer at being lean and to always practice continuous deployment. Here are my 2 cents on how we got here and what I would have done differently: Customer support is a company effort. For a while it was enough.

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Kiwi lean startup + Australia next

Startup Lessons Learned

Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet. Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. In fact, you have to learn to adjust to the humility.

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