Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In other words, a principled way to combine agility with stability. In other words, you can always invest in process, batch size reduction, and agility as an alternative to preventing a specific problem. In other words, a principled way to combine agility with stability. Many problems are catastrophic only if allowed to fester.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Yet other agile principles suggest the opposite, as in YAGNI and DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork. Reconciling these principles requires a little humility.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. ” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Agile project management.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This team had been working for many months in a standard agile configuration: a disciplined engineering team taking direction from a product owner who would prioritize the features they should work on. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 20, 2012

Editor's note : This is the second in a two-part excerpt from the book The Startup Owner’s Manual , a step-by-step how-to guide for entrepreneurs. Customer discovery turns founders’ initial hypotheses about their market and customers into facts. Moreover, they can be potential advisory board candidates.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Army Signal Corps advisory board, and the Army was going to acquire their first computer for research. The original Hewlett Packard which made test and measurement products was spun-out and renamed Agilent. Agilent is a $5.8 Technology changes, culture changes, customer needs change, more agile competitors emerge, etc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

So why become an entrepreneur instead of developing technology in an R&D lab? It includes several gems, including this comment from davidu : 1) Being an entrepreneur, for me, isnt about being wealthy, its about being successful. So like I said, being entrepreneur, for me, isnt about being wealthy, its about being successful.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory. We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Rich Collins , founder of the Lean Startup Circle , responded to the poster with some Q&A. And thanks to these entrepreneurs for sharing their story. Rich Collins , founder of the Lean Startup Circle , responded to the poster with some Q&A. And thanks to these entrepreneurs for sharing their story. Expo SF (May.

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