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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

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None of it would have happened if we had plenty of cash, or were content to count our progress by traffic or product development milestones. Labels: product development 4comments: Doug said. As a fellow coder, I empathizes with you about having to throw away work that wasnt broken in anything but a business sense.

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On deployment

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And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Mechanical mistakes are the result of human mistakes.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" 24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer. Yishan Wong • Nov 8, 2010 lol.if

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Why Continuous Deployment?

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So developers stuck in this world tend to think the other developers on their team are either, deep in their souls, plodding pedants or sloppy coders. Glad you don't develop software for space shuttles. January 29, 2010 11:18 AM Eric said. > Glad you don't > develop software for space shuttles.

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Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

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2010 – Sean Ellis, who currently runs Qualaroo , coins the term “growth hacking” in his article, Find a Growth Hacker for Your Startup. In the article, Andrew describes growth hackers as a cross between marketers and coders. Conducted Customer Development. Established product-market fit.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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14 Comments • Nov 15, 2010 +1 for use of Platonic. D Craig Montuori • Nov 15, 2010 My original comment (asked as an answer): Well written, good points. Anon User • Nov 15, 2010 Ryan another thing you can do if you like is to vote up this answer, which will also show your endorsement of it.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

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The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Need some isight into this if you have any information.