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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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The two reasons early stage investors should be active investors

The Equity Kicker

That’s still true in less developed parts of the world, but in San Francisco and increasingly in London there are multiple sources of venture capital working very hard to find good investments and entrepreneurs sitting on quality opportunities have lots of options.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes. Since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. Halling said.

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Fueling Your Growth With Facebook Groups And Communities

Duct Tape Marketing

So about, this was like around 2000 ish, I think, or something like that. But, you know, if you're a small business, you know, you can't necessarily hire a third party. And if you go down the list, that's a New York city with, you know, largest metropolitan area in, in the us, you know, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Ability to hire top talent (A+ talent).

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The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

but most are coalescing around the Palo Alto – San Mateo – San Francisco center of the universe. And then the other thing is companies are having — if you talk to anybody running a company, they are having real trouble hiring enough qualified people. Some of these next big startups are in L.A.,