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Lessons Learned: Five Whys

Startup Lessons Learned

Because five whys kept turning up a few key metrics that were hard to set static thresholds for, we even had a dynamic prediction algorithm that would make forecasts based on past data, and fire alerts if the metric ever went out of its normal bounds. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Ive forecasted the issues you have spoken of without entertaining the thoughts of solutions like you have. 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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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Companies that reliably fail to make their forecasted numbers are exceptionally prone to “management retooling.&# 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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John Doerr's 10 lean startup tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Get 18 months or more of cash (runway) in the business against a conservative forecast. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Act now, act with speed. Use Google Apps.

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The Lean Entrepreneur is here

Startup Lessons Learned

Telecom O2 learning to move at the speed of the internet 500 Startups and their accelerated feedback loops on what works, and what doesn't work in early-stage investing. (Social entrepreneurs take note!) BetaBrand building apparel MVPs and testing them quickly with targeted customer communities.

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10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. Talking about trends is more about trying to forecast the future, like a guru, sometimes it works, sometimes not. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. I pretty much missed all the trends.

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

Reinertsen weaves together ideas from lean manufacturing, maneuver warfare, queuing theory, and even the architecture of computer operating systems and the Internet. If we showed the Toyota Production System to an Internet protocol engineer, it is likely that he would remark, "That is a tail-dropping FIFO queue.