Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A new bit of code contained an infinite loop! why did that code get written? Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. Most engineers would ship code to production on their first day.

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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. Getting features and fixes into hands of users was the greatest priority - a test environment would just get in the way and slow down the validation coming from having code running in production. Heres the key point.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Epitaph for an Entrepreneur » 43 Responses Michael Curry 2.0 , on June 15, 2009 at 5:27 am Said: You are rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers about entrepreneurship and start-ups. What is your advice to someone who has financial strain due to a startup? Reply Steve , on June 15, 2009 at 9:29 am Said: Ouch!

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

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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. Richard Chen of PHP Grid recently made the jump from one-time sales to leaving his job, and is working on climbing to the next step. I call it The Stairstep Approach.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

First Things First: Your Requirements You seem to feel that your project isn’t ready to move forward without a software developer (a “programmer&# , as you say). You’re asking someone to take a chance that with the code they deliver you can get funding or gain some revenue traction. says: July 25, 2009 at 3:56 am [.]

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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. PHP Veteran. PHP Veteran. that, in part due to lack of knowledge on the part of the employee, and. 2009 2010 2011. Animikh Sen. was that App ever created? Thanks for the offer Joe.

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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. Specifically, I’m suggesting that you don’t get started by building a stand-alone subscription software (SaaS) product. I call it The Stair Step Approach.

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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. On a bootstrapped budget free is great. Originally.

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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. Richard Chen of PHP Grid recently made the jump from one-time sales to leaving his job, and is working on climbing to the next step. I call it The Stairstep Approach. Startups'

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

If you don’t know how to code in C# then it is probably easier and faster to use Dreamweaver , Frontpage or the freeware KompoZer. Secondly you need some software to create flow charts in. More than one person can review it, but only one person can author. I used WizFlow before we bought Visio from Microsoft.

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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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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. February 2, 2009 11:50 AM Juho Hamari said. February 5, 2009 5:43 PM Chris Lunt said.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Simple editing.

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