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Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Its the same with acquisitions. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

Build a world-class technology platform, with patent-pending algorithms and the ability to scale to millions of simultaneous users. As far as I know, there are no products that are immune from the technology life cycle adoption curve. Ship it when its done, not a moment before. Insist on high levels of usability, UI design, and polish.