Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. You dont need to invent a new architecture, and you dont need to even build your architecture up-front. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. yeah, its awesome.

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San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. Use a down period to nail down the core product features, get your architecture right and make sure your first customers see value in the product.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. 1999/2000 was the startup heyday, and I was in the hot space of telecoms – it all looked promising. What advice would you give entrepreneurs on how to think about the architecture and structure of their products?

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Technologists are now aided by sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists and domain experts in every field (from media to fashion to art to architecture) to create products and applications that will appeal to this expanded target audience.

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Andrew Payne

JANUARY 16, 2015

In 1999, Nvidia coined the term “GPU”, starting a consumer-driven 15yr+ price/performance ramp with no end in sight. GPUs began as very specialized (and expensive) 2D & 3D hardware accelerators. Things began to change in the 1990s, driven by demand for 3D games , first with arcade units and consoles, and then PCs.

Architecture 40

Architecture Demand Technology Operations 40

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Technical founders Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin built the original prototype at their lab at MIT starting in late 1996 before raising capital, so in a sense Akamai’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was a prototype with the basic architecture and traffic mapping in place that validated algorithms for the founders and investors alike.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Hearpreneur

APRIL 22, 2020

I started my business when my first book (on telecommuting) was published in 1999 (in the dark ages of virtual work!). In the fall season of 2010, as close friends, we began the process of realizing our decade-old dream of forming a professional architecture + design partnership. ’s latitude and longitude coordinates.

Naming 133

Naming Nepal Entrepreneur LLC 133

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Cheskin Research & Studio Archetype found as far back as 1999 that the 6 most important factors in building trust with an eCommerce company are : Brand. This isn’t a new problem, and “Brand Identity” isn’t just some squishy thing to be shuffled off. Navigation. Fufillment. Presentation. Up-to-Date Technology. &

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Conversion Design Caching eCommerce 112

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 27, 2004

Total cash and savings for companies in the S&P 500 have doubled since 1999 and is equal to half a trillion dollars which means companies have added almost 300 billion dollars to their balance sheet in the last 5 years. Companies spent too much in the 90s and are being cautious about how they spend their hard-earned cash.

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Balance Sheet Architecture New York America 60

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

So everything, Hadoop and scale-out architectures and cloud services, and the whole thing it’s all — and use of new technologies like Box and GitHub, the consumer Internet companies all are just built this way. They are going to be doing all of the same kinds of things. I know how to do it better, I know how to do it different.

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