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

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Wercker : a continuous deployment solution for software developers, hosted in the cloud. Nexi : aims to change the way companies attract and hire the most talented people. Pastbook : help users rediscover their memories online and offline (see our earlier coverage ). Ideedock : a Q&A platform for employees in enterprises.

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Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware

Startup Lessons Learned

The first hire The first hire was critical. Hiring him was a no brainer, and he didn't disappoint. With hardware connected to the internet (in our case through the iPhone) it should be possible to use continuous deployment: small and very frequent updates of the firmware instead of less frequent large updates.

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

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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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

So if you’ve got advice to share on implementing a continuous deployment framework, for example, we’re all eyes. Oh, and your salespeople have to make sure bookstores will stock it, and your marketing and PR people will have to make sure readers know it exists. So, no, you absolutely do not have to be a developer to give a talk.

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Speaker Lineup for the 2013 Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

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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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events

Startup Lessons Learned

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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Continuous deployment for mission-critical applications

Startup Lessons Learned

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.