Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 8, 2008 What is customer development? Steve Blank has devoted many years now to trying to answer that question, with a theory he calls Customer Development. You can learn about customer development, and quite a bit more, in Steves book The Four Steps to the Epiphany.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. I’ve often asked myself why intrapreneurs like Don Estridge and peers from CDC, Burroughs, UNIVAC, and Wang are not household names today. Partnering with outside entrepreneurial efforts is discouraged.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. The batch size is the unit at which work-products move between stages in a development process. Take the example of a design team prepping mock-ups for their development team.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.). I learned how to better run a product management process. We were family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Do you really need that full-time assistant, regular bookkeeper, and big-name attorney? Investors assume it will only go up with more funding.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

The growth of parcel services has been boosted due to – Free trade agreements (FTAs) signed between various countries and the development of special economic zones (SEZ) in different economies. Developing the prototype of the Uber-like app for courier delivery consisting of the basic functionalities. .

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation. Positioned as an expert mobile development team, Applabz turns conceptual ideas into tangible, cutting-edge mobile solutions. Focus on Customer Satisfaction Word of mouth travels fast.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

Typically invest in series C and above, notable portfolio companies include Stripe, Lyft, Robinhood, UI Path, Snap, Duolingo and many more household names. Google Assistant – relatively unknown, Google has put together a team dedicated to investing in early stage startups that are moving the voice and assistance ecosystem forward.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While you may not be able to address all of them, you can work with your dev team to find and fix the more technical areas: Slow application logic : Use a code profiling tool to help determine which dependencies are being used on your site and how long each of those dependencies takes to load. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 5, 2016

That’s why optimizers conduct quality assurance on sites, landing pages, test treatments, email campaigns, you name it… to make sure they work the way they’re supposed to. About understanding how the visitor experiences the site and how that’s different from the developer’s intention.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

To name a few: Users’ throats got sore after a while, loud working environments made speech-to-text unappealing, and lack of privacy would be an issue for many would-be users. I thought that something this clever and unique deserved its own name so that it would not be conflated with traditional prototypes. Another success.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

MONOCLE MAGAZINE NAMES HAIFA INVESTMENT HOTSPOT. Placement on the list was determined by a combination of the company’s G/SCORE assessment, stage and pace of growth, and business potential. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I liked that Andy Jenkins and his development team are information marketers themselves, so they know and have experienced what problems info marketers face and have added really cool features specifically for some unique situations. You can follow Yaro on Twitter and see him in action at Yaro.TV.

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Transformify

JANUARY 2, 2021

Review and optimization: even after all the project milestones are reached, it’s necessary to take some time to test and review. At the end of each sprint, there will be a “sprint review” meeting so that the scrum master and the owner of the project could verify that the progress made during the sprint is acceptable.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? If you read a lot of these though you start wondering if the only route into the world of web startups is to be a developer or computer engineer of some kind.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Some of you out there may find this Google Analytics feature overview to be mostly review. Like the name suggests, Goals exist as a means for you to outline specific goals you want users to achieve on your site. Stay diligent with your naming conventions! That’s awesome! Quick Facts About Goals.

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ConversionXL

MAY 3, 2020

That’s why optimizers conduct quality assurance on sites, landing pages , test treatments, email campaigns, you name it—to make sure they work the way they’re supposed to. Understands how the visitor experiences the site and how that differs from developer intentions. Sites that don’t work, don’t convert.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Marcel Petitpas (01:17): I, you know, you didn't even ask me how to pronounce my last name, which is the mistake most hosts make. John Jantsch (01:30): Well as somebody whose last name, uh, ends with five consonants, you know, I'm very, very aware of people's last names.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

One firm had a CTO that was chartered to run a group of developers. The CTO should not manage developers. The head of development spends his or her time working to keep the development team on track against a set of product plans. A CTO should not manage a hardware team or an infrastructure group.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 20, 2019

If you’re setting business goals – and you absolutely should be – CRMs can help you review your metrics (i.e. number of emails sent, number of meetings booked) to understand how your team is doing. Business development teams can use CRMs statistics and reporting features to inform decisions and track potential leads.

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konamoxt.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We often give the title of “Development Manager&# or “Technical Lead&# to this role. Leading the architecture and technical direction of the product - This is closely related to leading the development team, but it is really a different skill set. Thanks for commenting.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

If you’re an eCommerce site, your category page or your product page is much more likely entrance into your site than them just typing in your domain name. You really need to get with your development team and if you don’t know what the word responsive is, ask them and make them make your website that. Here we are.”

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". Here's one tiny example: I give talks on peer code review at conferences.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

It’s not enough to review the localized website and decide it’s not offensive. It assesses the website’s core functionality so you’ll be able to determine if it’s ready for the more thorough, larger-scale testing to begin. 2. Be culturally aware. You need to put yourself in the shoes of the end-user.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Zoom, Slack, Trello, Jira, and Microsoft teams – are all suddenly household names. They may be an excellent communicator with well-developed remote working skills, or not.

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

Many app developers believe that the US is their target market, and while it may be true for some, it’s definitely not true for all. A tip from our dev team: don’t hard-code strings in your app. First, you need to optimize your app’s name, as it carries the most weight amongst your keywords. Think global, start early.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. And this was a huge product, which took years to develop.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you are starting new, or going to touch the code on your website for any reason, please, in the name of Thor, Superman and Dilbert, use a tag management solution. It focuses on complete mobile customer experience management, with elements of the platform supporting developers, marketers and your tech/operations folks. Free or paid.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. Here’s a review from Andrew Anderson from Malwarebytes : Andrew Anderson: “ Pros – Offers the best in-product segmentation available. Here’s a review from Johann Van Tonder of AWA Digital : Johann Van Tonder.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. A consulting CTO is an expert on the current state of the technology and can suggest the most appropriate development platform for your business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2023

More About The Agency Certification Intensive Training: Learn more about the Agency Certification Intensive Training here Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And I said, Hey, why don't we pull some resources, let's see if we can go develop this. Sure, sure.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2007

Best practice is to run this nice little program, or your own equivalent, once a week and send a report to your web development team with a list of pages missing the tags. # I know that Omniture has a nifty utility that you can use to validate and review that data is being collected by Omniture tags as it should be.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2015

Let’s just review them all and see what we like, see what we don’t like. Jonathan: Yeah, number two is when business development slows down and that’s from Andrew Thomas SkyBell Video Doorbell. Once you have your business name, you need to look good doing it. Jonathan: Yeah, sounds good to me.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In consumer internet, that usually means one front-end user-facing developer, one back-end server-side developer, and ultimately a business person (details will come in a later post). Ryoma Ito Any of you bizdev types located in the valley looking to team up with a tech guy? Short and sweet. Same with Pets.com?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. The translator rejects or approves.

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