Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. I havent had to work this model under those conditions, so I cant say anything definitive.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2017

However, when it comes to MLM product development, marketing ideas and compensation plan strategy, being a creative copycat could be a legal and ethical shortcut to achieving your business goals for your new MLM, party plan or direct selling company. The real definition of copycat marketing is in the name. Creativity is Key.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

One thing that every business definitely needs is reliable, flexible, and easily scalable web hosting. It is a task organizer tool that helps you sort your team’s development efforts efficiently. With Trello, all aspects of product development can be centralized in one location for your entire team to access.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Waterfall Development. While it sounds simple , the Build Measure Learn approach to product development is a radical improvement over the traditional Waterfall model used throughout the 20 th century to build and ship products. Microsoft Windows 3.0). customer segments, such as users and payers or moms or teens.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. In Stage 3 an Innovation Outpost creates a product development group to bring to market the solution(s) (a product or service) to the challenge(s) that led to the establishment of the Outpost in the first place. What solution are we productizing ?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2017

Traditionally associated with development and product management, agile is a lightweight and, well, agile framework for software development and bringing features and products to market. Developed in the early 90’s by Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber , Scrum is: Lightweight. Simple to understand. The Sprint.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

This builds on a lot of great thinking that has come before, like the agile movements insistence that only the creation of working code counts as progress for a software development team. But lean startups cant afford to be satisfied with just that definition, because there are situations where working code is itself a form of waste.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Sometimes, a great hacker has the potential to grow into the CTO of a company, and in those cases all you need is an outside mentor who can work with them to develop those skills.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Continuous deployment is another such technique, one with a unique power to change development team dynamics for the better. First, continuous deployment separates out two different definitions of the terms “release.&# One is used by engineers to refer to the process of getting code fully integrated into production.

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

’’ Diversity hiring is not about ticking boxes in checklists or having all groups represented whatever the definition might be across different geographies around the world. All this changed for good when it became known that neurodiverse people can be super talented mathematicians, artists, engineers or software developers.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The knowledge that you need 10,000 hours to master a subject, that certain trends become viral after the 412th person adopts it, or that you should make your product remarkable, is not going to help you launch. Nor will it save you a single minute during product development, or sell one more copy of your application.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

That’s when you find one or more (future) customers that help fund your product development in exchange for input into the process and free or highly discounted use of the software. I was surprised by this, as I thought Seth was going to discuss another option I’ve seen used with great success: customer financing.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

If they’re coming up to speed with the product, development cycle, and company dynamics is good to let them ramp up slowly. Yes, building software is cheap and fast unlike other products. Remember people only have two hands! But there is still the overhead of testing, scaling, and securing.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Technically inclined people can definitely build something on their own, and then seek a non-technical cofounder, retaining more equity for themselves. 2a] Has paying customers -10%: If the company already has paying customers, the non-technical cofounder has already eliminated a huge risk for the business; someone wants the product. [2b]

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

One of the sayings I hear from talented managers in product development is, “good enough never is.&# And, most importantly, it helps team members develop the courage to stand up for these values in stressful situations. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 27, 2010 Good enough never is (or is it?)

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Also SJ's obsession with better taste (positively) contributes to the overall product development process. There are some good anecdotes about Chief Engineers in the Toyota Product Development Book. Maybe Steve Jobs just has a different definition of "viable"? Will start to pay attention.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

But I will tell you not to have too little or too much, because those definitely ruin the food or product. You cant make these global efficiency improvements until you get clear about the goal of your development process. That leads to a seemingly-obvious question: what is progress in software development?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

So What is Customer Development? Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses.

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Software By Rob

MAY 21, 2010

(I’ve written an entire section on the “#1 goal of your website&# in my upcoming book, Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer’s Guide to Launching a Startup ). The bottom line here is to take your launch seriously, as seriously as you’ve taken your product development. at 10:01 pm [.] But solvable.

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, Labels: about me , agile planning , agile software development , cio , innovation , it management , organizational change , product management , project management , software development , software qa.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

It may wind up for sale on SitePoint , or it may be relegated to the bone yard of failed software products. The Upside The flip side to all of this is what you’ve already heard on the blogs of successful product developers. Once a product hits critical mass you’ve conquered the hardest part of the equation.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

The reasons why I am not a big fan of development shops are too numerous to go into here. In brief, startups succeed because there is strong alignment of interests among all parties, especially with the people who are actually building the product.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

So What is Customer Development? Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Before: After: And thenI ran into a Mixergy interview where 37signals founder, Jason Fried, talks about their free plan (6:00 into the interview): “… The majority of the revenues for our products come from people who sign up for the paid versions upfront. But is it the right data?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" No "rockstar" developer will even entertain your idea unless you can at least show them some proof that your idea has merit. If they don't ask for any proof, the are certainly not a rockstar developer. It is definitely written in a condescending manner. But you definitely need more than a beginner.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Here are my goals : 1) New product development in my skin care line 2) To see more women confident and happy through my business, YouTube videos, etc. We believe that *great user interface* is the next hot thing in B2B software development. And if I can hire even one more employee, I will have won in 2017.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

Its an essential discipline of good software development, especially in startups. Because, unless you are working in an extremely static environment, your product development team is learning and getting better all the time. Labels: agile , product development , Test-driven development 11comments: William Pietri said.

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