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

Startup Lessons Learned

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.

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London Calling

Startup Lessons Learned

The day kicks off with a corporate event at RedGate Software. This event marks the publication of Eric Ries new book The Lean Startup Friday, January 13 - Cambridge, London, England On Friday morning, I’ll take a train North to Cambridge. Employees only. That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at The Hauser Forum.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000.

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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Global market snapshot The world now has 10 software and cloud giants worth more than $100B, representing $4.1T in other major hubs (France, UK, Germany). of market capitalization.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. All three of the pillars have been under attack since 2000. Thirdly, revamp how intellectual property rights are applied to software and code. So should copyrights and patents on software code. Halling said.

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2020 Accel Euroscape: Decacorn Unleashed

Cracking the Code

UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. There are now eight software companies north of a $100 billion market cap, representing $2.7 trillion of market value. Europe has also joined the race with its first Cloud giants. million today.

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