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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. But if you want to practice rapid deployment, you need to be able to deploy that build in one step as well. If you want to do continuous deployment, youd better be able to certify that build too, which brings us to. Can you make a build in one step?

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups. You can see the design of the program here. Since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. conference attendees.

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