Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

If you somehow missed SLLCONF 2010 , you can get caught up with a complete video recording here.) It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2010

Mega Collection Of Cheatsheets for Designers And Developers - [link]. The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup - [link]. The Evolution Of The World Cup Logo From 1930 To 2010 - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Fundry – Crowdfunding software development – [link]. Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. 50 of the Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2010 – [link]. Top 50 Web Development, Design and Application Icon Sets from 2010 – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Web Design Trends 2010: Real-Life Metaphors and CSS3 Adaptation – [link]. 7 Personality Types of Developers Today – [link]. 13 Hand-Picked Web Form Resources for Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Lessons Learned From StartupBootcamp 2010 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Being pompous and learning from mistakes – [link]. Why You’re Going to Hire the Wrong Designer – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

50+ Ultimate Useful Cheat Sheets for Web Developers and Designers – [link]. Beautiful Book Cover Designs for 2010 – [link]. How To Successfully Educate Your Clients On Web Development – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The image above shows a visualization of 11,000 tweets collected over a 24 hour period in August 2010 (the tweets said “good morning&# in English and other languages). Yo Entrepreneurs, developers and visionaries – read this! 25 Fresh Photoshop Tutorials Of October 2010 – [link]. image credit: blprnt_van.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

75 Essential Small Business Resources From 2010 – [link]. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! 10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version) – [link]. Flyover Geeks: 2010′s Top 30 in Chicago tech – [link]. 10 Social Media 2010 Highlights (Data Included) – [link].

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Top Startup Trends of 2010 – [link]. Keeping Score: Exit Activity for Venture Backed Companies in 2010 - [link]. Top 15 New Social Media Apps of 2010 – [link]. The Top 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010 – [link]. The Best PSDFAN Tutorials of 2010 – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

2010 Fortune 500: The top 10 most valuable corporate logo properties – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 4 reasons why PR firms are taking over social media – [link]. The Evolution of Big-Name Logos – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

25 Funny T-Shirts for Designers and Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Chicago Sun Times writes about crowdSPING’s 2010 Chicago Innovation Award – [link]. Is Apple About To Cut Out the Carriers?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.

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MAY 5, 2010

Useful Glossaries For Web Designers and Developers – [link]. The State of Web Development 2010 – [link]. Logo Design Trends 2010 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 25+ Free Vector World Maps (.ai,eps

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APRIL 6, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 2010 edition)&# – [link]. Write Better CSS With Best Practices – [link]. 35 Awesome and Inspiring “Movie-Effect” Photoshop Tutorials – [link]. “Who are we? And, where do we come from?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 2010 edition)&# – [link]. Write Better CSS With Best Practices – [link]. 35 Awesome and Inspiring “Movie-Effect” Photoshop Tutorials – [link]. “Who are we? And, where do we come from?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Upcoming and OnGoing Web Design Trends of 2010 – [link]. Recommendations for usability in product development – [link]. A Collection of New Poster Tutorials in Photoshop – [link].

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

What to Expect in 2010: UX/UI Design Simplicity – [link]. New Photoshop Tutorials : January 2010 - [link]. Fantastic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie Poster Inspiration, 1925 to 2010 - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Brilliant Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials From 2010 – [link]. Best of the Vector Web – July 2010 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How the use of textures can improve your web design – [link].

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Showcase of Minimalism in Movie Posters From 1967 to 2010 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 150 best jQuery effects for web designers and developers – [link].

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JUNE 16, 2010

Add Motion To Website: jQuery Animation Plugins From 2010 – [link]. 20 Must Have Android Apps for Developers and Designers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Using Charts and Graphs for Content – [link].

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Startup Bullshit Bingo – December 2010 Edition – [link]. Best Free Textures and Patterns of 2010 – [link]. 8 Cheat Sheet Wallpapers for Designers and Developers – [link]. Design of the Decade 2010 – [link]. The Best Illustrations of 2010 – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! More Than 700 Billion YouTube Videos Were Viewed in 2010 [STATS] – [link]. Massive Collection of Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010 – [link]. Best Illustrator Tutorials from 2010 – [link]. Best Illustrator Tutorials from 2010 – [link].

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). For the vast majority of software startups, the actual code / development process is infrequently a competitive advantage; ergo, you ought to consider outsourcing. PR/Marketing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Campbell Soup’s Labels Redesigned Using Neuromarketing – [link]. 50 Beautiful Clean and Simple Web Designs – [link]. Designing Websites for the iPad – [link]. Positive or negative motivation?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

The Top 20 VC Power Bloggers Of 2010 – [link]. 14 Year Old Develops Top iPhone App; Dethrones Angry Birds – [link]. Good look at how people develop influence online – [link]. 45 Free eBooks for Developers and Designers – [link]. Startup Advertising Spend Calculator – [link]. – [link].

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JANUARY 26, 2011

The Top 20 VC Power Bloggers Of 2010 – [link]. Interesting foursquare infographic on check-ins in 2010 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. All The Cheat Sheets That A Web Developer Needs – [link].

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. iPhone/iPad have 51% developer mkt share. State of App Industry 2010 (Report) – [link]. Best Practices of Combining Typefaces – [link]. 45 Amazing Car Print Ads Around The World – [link].

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JUNE 1, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. The 2010 Darwin Awards – [link]. Reimagining modern movie posters using retro/vintage look/feel – [link]. UX Tips for Non UX Designers – [link]. 36 Fine and Fluffy Fur Textures – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2010

Web Design Trends (Predictions) in 2010 – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Breathtaking Collection of High Resolution Free Photoshop Brushes – [link].

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Thanks you!

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Apple Stores earned $481,000 per employee in 2010 – [link]. How to Use Script Fonts in Design Projects – [link]. 23 Beautiful and Inspirational Fashion Print Ads – [link]. Seriously?

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MARCH 2, 2011

How to Avoid a Disaster When Outsourcing to an Overseas Web Developer – [link]. How to Avoid a Disaster When Outsourcing to an Overseas Web Developer – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 22, 2010 Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Diversity is the canary in the coal mine for meritocracy. Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Demographic diversity is an indicator.

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San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Modern Element Trends In Magazine-Styled Webdesign Of 2010 – [link]. Mobile Development Toolkit – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Microsoft develops shape-shifting touchscreen – [link].

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Companies like Microsoft have developed subscription-based licensing contracts without a SaaS delivery model and SaaS companies are selling multi-year contracts for their services. Requires more capital because: - It is harder to develop for many new factors like tenant data isolation, user management, subscription services, etc.

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Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48

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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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Don’t skip this post because you’re not a Rails developer. Many Rails developers have not reacted to this news with the alacrity they should have. (See Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation. by Patrick.

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