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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. What parts Agile addresses and the big problems with Agile for early-stage startups?

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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. Jim Murphy is a long-time agile practitioner in startups. But startups sometimes have trouble applying agile successfully.

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Not only was I not an expert on code review prior to building a code review tool, I wasn't even an expert on software development processes generally! Take the success of ITWatchDogs , the company I helped bootstrap and eventually sell (before Smart Bear). On the surface, it's yet another "marketing metrics" company.

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Twitter Link Roundup #26 – Design, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Bootstrapping Your Startup or Small Business - [link]. “Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior&# – [link]. Bootstrapping Your Startup or Small Business - [link].

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software. and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. I am extending it to all start-ups.

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