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Ways APIs have Transformed the News and Media Industry

The Startup Magazine

One of the major changes has been in the use of APIs for news coverage (see 10 API options here ) which have become important in giving media companies a chance to move at the new pace and continuously adapt to the changes. How Have APIs Transformed the News and Media Industry? Staying agile and adapting to changes.

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

Today we are announcing the biggest entrepreneurial program ever launched – Startup Weekend Next. A partnership of Startup Weekend , Startup America , TechStars and Udacity , Startup Weekend Next brings four weeks of amazing hands-on training learning to build your startup to cities around the world.

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Startups Lessons: Product First

Venture Chronicles

Today I want to go into territory less obvious because let’s face it, hiring the best people and creating conditions where they can succeed is the kind of startup advice that is squarely in the “stating the obvious” category. but one aspect of a startup and/or growth stage company that cannot be glossed over is the product.

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ProductCamp Austin 2017 — a few lessons

Austin Startup

Upgrade From This Old Unnecessary Process David Hawks , CEO, Agile Velocity Main take-away — focus on discovery, not as much delivery. Most of the Agile world is in the perspective of delivery focus. After listening, below are lessons learned from four sessions of the 25 offered. User Stories Suck! Cloud Computing 11. Testing 15.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

What would a startup team look like based on this data only? Scrum, Agile, Product Management. Lagos, a Nigerian port city, is the home of more than 60 startups focused on solving social problems. What would a startup team look like based on this data only? More than 40 % have writing, editing, and copywriting skills.

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.)