YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Ten years ago, I decided to launch a weight loss program with my best friend, Artem Petakov. Today, our program, Noom, is a bonafide health empire that’s helped over 47 million people live longer, healthier lives – and counting. For example, Artem is an expert in software engineering, product development and all things tech.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2014

To start, I used Google AdWords to target potential users and direct traffic to a landing page that communicated the value of the program. Adam Root has worked in development and design for Fortune 500 companies, midsize agencies, and startups. Professionalisms Adam Root Hiplogiq product development startup'

Fractional CTO 228

Fractional CTO Product CTO Hire Merger 228

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints. In some agencies, large contractors seem to “own” sections, offices, organizations, or programs. Startups can do anything.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tasks such as compliance with accounting, tax-related duties, payroll management, and product development rules can gallop the bulk of your time and leave little for ESG sustainability reporting. Do not just select any program for sustainability reporting; go for the best.

Software Review 194

Software Review Software Framework Asia 194

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2019

Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development. Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost.

Technical Review 255

Technical Review Dilution Early Stage Product Development 255

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development. Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost.

Startup 254

Startup Technical Review Dilution Early Stage 254

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development. Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost.

Entrepreneur 252

Entrepreneur Marketing Technical Review Dilution 252

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2012

The inspection- system GM decided to use it for his fourth-generation system, an 18-month program. Though development was already underway, I kicked-off SyncDev in early November. Two years after release, product market share was up by 30% to 70%. Twelve of 17 competitors were gone. The division was the dominant global player.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development. Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost.

Marketing 238

Marketing Entrepreneur Technical Review Dilution 238

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2010

Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development. Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost.

Startup 227

Startup Technical Review Dilution Early Stage 227

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

A few of the many quotations that struck me: “Most startups fail due not to the failure of product development but due to the lack of customers”. Learning and discovering who a company’s initial customers will be and what market they are in, requires a process separate and distinct from product development”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

And this year, we’re going to talk not just about business and product development, but we’ll be exploring one of the Lean Starutp movements next big frontiers: the role of design. 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.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Install Productive Development Tools. Next, you can integrate a reliable set of development tools to amplify your workforce’s capabilities. There are plenty of effective programming tools that support your developers. Of course, this can build your capacity for new work, which will certainly grow your revenue.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The promotion signals the importance of product development for the company’s growth roadmap. Yet it can be intimidating and expensive to train staff to use a new program. CEO Perspective. DataRails was founded in 2015 by Didi Gurfinkel, Eyal Cohen, and Oded Har-Tal.

Hiring 169

Hiring Software Review Customer Israel 169

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Funding – Knowing the right people (and how to pitch them) so your business gains additional capital for the things that matter like product development, hiring, service, and expansion. Here are but a few you and the business could stumble upon: 1.

Technical Review 180

Technical Review Architecture Software Review Reputation 180

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2017

Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development. Focus is required to resist adding a few more neat features, made possible by the new technology, which in fact make the product more complex to use, impossible to test, and very expensive in time and cost.

Customer 191

Customer Entrepreneur Technical Review Dilution 191

ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

The Boston Startup School , founded at TechStars Boston (see For TechStars Boston, Life Beyond the Pitch ), is creating a program that will give aspiring entrepreneurs and others all the tools they will need to work at a startup. It can be even harder to develop the skills needed to not just survive in a startup, but to thrive.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. In the program we also talked about much debated topic of large VC’s and whether they should have seed programs. Wildfire Interactive. Investors: Google Ventures. Other News: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

A pair of wake-up-call studies by the Fournaise Marketing Group in London in 2011 and 2012 found that more than 70 percent of CEOs think that their chief marketing officers lack business credibility, lack the ability to generate acceptable growth, and lack the ability to explain how their programs will lead to increased business.

Marketing 234

Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

Refreshing to finally see lean and agile thinking emerge in product/business-floors and not only in technology. Critical also, as the lean company/start-up can not be lean by just using lean principles in IT and not in Product Development/Management - a common misinterpretation of the Toyota Production System.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment 168

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 5, 2010

In short, the mini-viewer is a lot more programming effort with a lot more chance for bugs. Now sure, there are many of aspects of business and product development where it's best to stop obsessing and just cut corners. If you draw directly on the screen it will flicker, so you need off-screen buffering.

Software Review 226

Software Review Metrics Lean Algorithm 226

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation. According to a report released today (embedded below) by Altimeter Group's Jeremiah Owyang, "only 23 percent of social strategists have a formalized program with long-term direction".

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. The biggest source of waste in new product development is building something that nobody wants. Leverage product development with open source and third parties.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

A new incubator program, Imagine K12 , launched today in Palo Alto aimed specifically at building entrepreneurship in the education space. Founded by three Silicon Valley veterans - Tim Brady, Alan Louie, and Geoff Ralston - Imagine K12 will support early stage ed-tech startups through a funding and mentorship program.

Incubator 116

Incubator Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 116

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2020

When creating a software program, you first need to decide what you want from your product. When creating a plan for your software development project, you need to consider several things. To begin with, you want to list out some of the basic features your program will have. Let’s begin! Determine What You Want.

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Software Software Development Software Developers NDA 189

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

These problems can be anything: development mistakes, site outages, marketing program failures, or even internal missed schedules. I pick that example on purpose, for two reasons: 1) most of the companies I work with deal with this problem and yet 2) almost none of them have any kind of training program in place for new employees.

San Francisco 164

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. He just hired Meg Whitman. the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV. Think YouTube meets Netflix). It’s an almost $2-billion-dollar bet based on a set of hypotheses.

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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?)

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I have personally taught many “non-technical&# people to program – graphic designers, QA folks, even artists and animators. Instead of focusing on programs designed to specifically benefit any one group, I think our focus should be on making our companies as meritocratic as possible.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

These tests were assembly language programs that tested for correct CPU operation, and management had budgeted 6-8 weeks to develop a particularly complex set of tests. I developed them in 3 days, by writing a C program to automatically generate the range of tests.

Software Review 111

Software Review Dividend Architecture Agile 111

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.) are all expensive and potentially fatal distractions if done before you have found product/market fit and a repeatable sales model.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

It was his window onto accounting, financial systems, programming and IT. This is why I like to include customers in product development and testing. I also like to be close with customer service finding out how the product is working and what problems the customers have.

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Portugal Entrepreneur Internet Advertising 145

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

Investment in Growth: Allocate funds strategically to areas that promote growth, such as marketing, product development, and talent acquisition. Training and Development: Invest in regular training and development programs to enhance your team’s skills and keep them updated with industry trends.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Agile Audience Employee 144

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. Labels: product development Speed up or slow down? This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. for Harvard Business Revie. Amazon PostRank

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

One OSRD project – the Manhattan Project which led to the development of the atomic bomb – was so secret and important that it was spun off as a separate program. Each of these independent research organizations would support a mix of basic and applied research as well as product development.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Have you developed any vision of a product development strategy? And keep in mind that the best option is to develop at least 5 domain names connected to your brand’s name to find an unoccupied domain. Discuss the suitable tools with your development team. Think of your domain name and get hosting. Working hours.

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Software Development Software Developers Hosting 113

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167