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

The Next Web

Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator , one of the many, many startup accelerators in Europe, is taking the first class of startups who’ve graduated from its six-month program stateside this month. Wercker : a continuous deployment solution for software developers, hosted in the cloud.

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Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware

Startup Lessons Learned

We connected the sensors to a seven year old pc with an Arduino-like interface that ran a simple drum program we developed. The products were voted 'best music gadget' on television program The Gadget Show, became the best selling music toys on Amazon.co.uk Continuous deployment of hardware is an exciting new capability.

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Hands-on Lessons for Advanced Topics in Entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. We asked him a few questions to learn about continuous delivery, why it’s useful, and what engineers and management need to do to implement it.

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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, you really can use continuous deployment – even in an SEC regulated environment. Tickets, our full program, and much more info is available here: [link] Just like last year, we’ll be simulcasting the program into cities around the world. Wealthfront CTO Pascal-Louis Perez will show you how. Hope to see you there.

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Seeking Speakers

Startup Lessons Learned

Many conferences and programs complain that they don't get a diverse group of applicants. We believe that part of the reason this happens is that people naturally don't bother applying to programs they don't think they'll be accepted to. This year, we’d like to consider a broader pool of candidates, beyond those we know personally.

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Twitter Link Roundup #113 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Design for Continuous Deployment – [link]. Good to see Harvard evolve its MBA program. I hope other programs follow the lead – [link]. A good culture avoids these dangers: Eight Dangers of Collaboration – [link]. Don’t Be A Free User – [link]. Cheap Willl Be Smart. Banks took $7.7

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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.