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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower

million software developers worldwide. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Do they have experience with the technologies involved in your project? Avoid them.

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Eric Ries and Kent Beck Discuss Product Development

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We’ve made some cool additions to our pre-conference webcast lineup , including two conversations with founding figures for methods that underlie Lean Startup. At a conference I overheard a couple of programmers make a snarky comment about Test-Driven Development.

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How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 2, 2009 How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis In the lean startup workshops , we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the technique of Five Whys. My intention is to describe a full working process, similar to what I’ve seen at IMVU and other lean startups.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. When a startup encounters difficult technical problems, this is the guy you want solving them. As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. All is not lost, though.

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[Review] The $100 Startup

YoungUpstarts

By bootstrapping, bartering, reducing overheads (rental and manpower), and leveraging technology (especially the web), one can start one’s own business almost on a dime without being beholden to creditors or venture capitalists. Software Developer: From “App developer” to “We provide technology solutions to take your headaches away”.

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Why do software developers think this is acceptable? June 22, 2009 10:07 AM Khris said.

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The Economics of a Small VC Fund

This is going to be BIG.

You''re running pretty lean when you''re on your first fund. It''s also probably less than most funded CEOs are making--or certainly less than your average software developer. I send out my own term sheets and review docs myself--especially since I''m in sydicated rounds. Venture Capital & Technology'