Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

I know some of those compilers are no longer available (some are hosted, others are not), so I took the liberty of putting up a copy of the PHP Greasemonkey Compiler. April 13, 2009 12:40 PM Gaborsaid. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 2comments: Matthew Quinlan said.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Travis Biziorek. Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. Application programming Expertise: PHP, ColdFusion, AJAX, Web Services (RSS, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.). I am going through the same thing as you, and I found one developer to join the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP. Of course there were variants – we preferred PostGres to MySQL and many people used other programming languages than PHP. Amazon allowed 22-year-old tech developers to launch companies without even raising capital.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Meanwhile, we were building our app in PHP, using a generic DB driver and mysql, "for the time being." The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Apache with Django and mod_wsgi » Posted by Aidan, 6 th July 2009. Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Firstly, theres no one-size-fits-all description.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

The first time we hired partners for Kibin was way back in late 2009. Developers weren’t as in high of demand. I’ve heard people say it’s impossible to hire good developers right now. I’ve heard people say it’s impossible to hire good developers right now. I disagree.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Or tried to install a Perl or PHP module that didn’t come out of the box? I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. Or the admin control panel in Zen-Cart?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder? Reply Mark MacLeod , on June 15, 2009 at 9:21 am Said: Thanks for sharing this Steve. The Adventure of a Lifetime. I am sure a few people have gone through this.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 6, 2010

million in Series A funding to develop management solutions that help secure open source software such as Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl (LAMP), and accelerate enterprise adoption of public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Gazzang, Inc., the cloud infrastructure software company, today announced it has secured $3.5

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Three freemium strategies Im excited to see so much attention being paid to freemium businesses lately. January 28, 2009 1:46 AM Anonymoussaid. January 28, 2009 1:46 AM do good said. January 28, 2009 1:54 AM startupcfo said. That should be 5% by the way. Great post!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL) Its official: Startup Lessons Learned has passed the one-year mark. Dave September 9, 2009 11:52 AM johnhaden said. September 9, 2009 5:46 PM Jim Murphy said. September 9, 2009 6:35 PM Chrissaid. >>

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, January 1, 2009 Happy new year When I started writing this blog a few months ago, I wasnt sure if anyone would find it interesting. Heres hoping your 2009 is inspiring and a time of growth. What do you expect for 2009? January 1, 2009 7:36 PM Michael Scepaniak said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Lessons Learned office hours For me, there were plenty of surprises in the survey I conducted a few weeks ago. January 21, 2009 | 6:30 - 8:30PM Battery Ventures 2884 Sand Hill Rd. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 7, 2009 Fear is the mind-killer Fear is an emotion that slows teams down. Second, leveraging a dynamic scripting language (like PHP) for building web applications made it easy to quickly set up a simple, non-disruptive deployment process. link] May 11, 2009 9:04 PM Ian Wilson said.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 18, 2010

Tips from a retired Facebook app developer View more presentations from Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli. Tips from a retired Facebook app developer – Presentation Transcript Tips from a retired Facebook app developer Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli Who am I? Its really easy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 11, 2009 CPI > CPC Google revolutionized advertising by popularizing pay-per-click. Starting with Facebook s developer program, social networks are all jumping on the apps bandwagon. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 18, 2010

Tips from a retired Facebook app developer View more presentations from Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli. Tips from a retired Facebook app developer – Presentation Transcript Tips from a retired Facebook app developer Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli Who am I? Its really easy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

The technical interview is at the heart of these challenges when building a product development team, and so I thought it deserved an entire post on its own. Still, a startup product development team is a service organization. Labels: hiring , product development 5comments: TedHoward said. Excellent post on interviewing.

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Startup Advice: Lessons Learned from Building a Development Team View What links here Posted by Fan Bi on July 19th, 2009 Over the past few months, I’ve explored a bunch of different ways to develop a website without a web developer on the Blank Label team. It turned out to be a terrible decision. Originally.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wanted to add one additional note from the perspective of someone who was intimately involved in developing this system. Most of this code was from a variety of open source PHP projects that were glued together with the shortest path to goal possible. February 11, 2009 8:05 AM Anonymoussaid. What are you waiting for?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. January 5, 2009 9:36 AM Eric said. January 5, 2009 9:49 AM Nathan said. January 5, 2009 5:37 PM spankysaid. January 5, 2009 6:07 PM dodo said. I like it.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

PHP Veteran. I was originally hired as a contractor, developing a SaaS app from scratch, including DB design and coding. I can probably help you develop a negotiating strategy, and am willing to consult initially by phone free of charge. . PHP Veteran. PHP Veteran. 2009 2010 2011. Animikh Sen.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And James doesn’t have any money to pay for development. You’ll probably need to contact two dozen serial entrepreneurs with a very well-developed project before you get actionable advice and referrals. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I first captured this pattern in my notebook in early 2009, but I didn’t have enough data to be confident in the theory. This focus will help you start generating revenue without worrying about becoming a master marketer, and let you develop new skills one-by-one as you need them. I call it The Stairstep Approach.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I first captured this pattern in my notebook in early 2009, but I didn’t have enough data to be confident in the theory. This focus will help you start generating revenue without worrying about becoming a master marketer, and let you develop new skills one-by-one as you need them. I call it The Stairstep Approach.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I first captured this pattern in my notebook in early 2009, but I didn’t have enough data to be confident in the theory. This focus will help you start generating revenue without worrying about becoming a master marketer, and let you develop new skills one-by-one as you need them. I call it The Stair Step Approach.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

The comments here and on a few social bookmarking sites mentioned that you could quit your day job if you wanted to, and that you could live on $2500/month just fine in many cities in the world (although in my hypothetical situation I was speaking about a developer based in the hypothetical U.S.). Costs range from $300-$1000 per year.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. But by the time I was building my first websites for commercial use , PHP had taken over. Writing unit tests or mock objects in PHP is an exercise in constant frustration.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

From Strategy to Development Whether you are out-sourcing or developing in-house there are two ways to build a system: Give your developers a rough idea of what to build and keep iterating the design as they build it; Give your developers detailed documentation of what to build.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 30, 2009 Achieving a failure We spend a lot of time planning. Without conscious process design, product development teams turn lines of code written into momentum in a certain direction. This is why agility is such a prized quality in product development. We can skip the chasm.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Refactoring yourself out of business Let me start out by saying I am a big fan of refactoring , the ongoing process of changing code so that it performs the same behaviors but has more elegant structure. Its an essential discipline of good software development, especially in startups.

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kenegozi.com

APRIL 24, 2012

NET developer” or a “J2EE developer”, or a “Ruby developer”. I will hire a great developer, and I do not really care which language he used the most lately, as long as he is great in it. Dec, 2009 (5). Oct, 2009 (3). Aug, 2009 (4). Jul, 2009 (5). Jun, 2009 (4). May, 2009 (2).

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In consumer internet, that usually means one front-end user-facing developer, one back-end server-side developer, and ultimately a business person (details will come in a later post). link] Stan Oleynik Are you a rock-star programmer (PHP, AJAX, HMTL, etc)?! The first post, From Nothing To Something. Short and sweet.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Simple editing.

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