Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

In order to find out, I asked a panel of 12 successful founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: What are the pros/cons of hiring an agency to do development work, vs. having all your technical talent in house? Hiring an agency is usually less expensive, and you can utilize them only when there’s a problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In their recruiting process, they actually have a key insider designated as a “bar raiser” involved in ever interview, to make sure that the bar is never lowered due to any bias or pressing business urgency. They help hiring managers raise the bar for every interview. They find more and better owners and builders.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Here are a few ways hiring based on titles alone fails to serve the needs of a growing business. Approach this process with a thoughtful and honest attitude to reveal the core skills your new hire should possess. Banking juggernaut Goldman Sachs recently hired former U.S. It limits you to one skillset. Siewert Jr.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

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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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Labels: sllconf Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

They seem to know the right mix of skills on their founding team is a hacker, hustler and designer. Who can I hire later? For example, if you’re building a mobile app, then the key activities are: app software development, user interface design and demand creation skills. How do I decide who I need to have on board on day one?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These processes reduce risk to an overall organization, but each layer of process reduces the ability to be agile and lean and – most importantly – responsive to new opportunities and threats. Process helps ensure that you can deliver solutions that scale without breaking other parts of the organization. Process Versus Product.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Designing in exploitability early in programs. Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

During the first year of the company’s life, I was a fireball – relentless in creating and pursuing opportunities – getting on an airplane at the drop of a hat to fly anywhere, anytime, to get a design win. Our chip was nearing completion, and I had convinced early lighthouse customers to design it into their computers.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2021

You don’t have much revenue being generated (if any at all), and you may have a strict or finite source of capital to fund the hiring of new employees. This makes it difficult to find experienced, talented people, restricts the number of people you can hire, and makes the loss of an employee all the more devastating. Uncertainty.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2011

Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development , Business Model Design) to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it. Now everyone can do design,” was the mantra. it is an art) and again hired professionals.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

He just hired Meg Whitman. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV. Every startup is in a race against time.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Thanks to Wes Marlan, Lighthouse Web Design, Inc ! #2- Initially, I would like to hire people from my neighborhood, with the goal of expanding to other communities in the future.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Moreover, a flexible workforce will enable your staff to be more agile and responsive when change needs to occur quickly. For example, with a staffing plan, it’s possible to hire in connection with growth projections, change your business model and develop employees who can become future leaders. Simple Workforce Planning Design .

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

Startups tend to put a premium on being “agile,” but that doesn’t always work – and certainly won’t replace the effective collaboration a business needs to grow. Series B: Hiring and Developing Managers. All startups find themselves struggle with hiring to meet growing demand, leaving most startups scrambling to onboard hires.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st A surprising number of respondents in the latest Lessons Learned survey hail from one of the flourishing startup hubs in Canada. Combining agile development with customer developm. And when did there get to be 3000 of you?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

Different firms will have very different skill sets: Do you need user interface design? Graphic design? You will find firms that are design/interface heavy and light on development. Most of the rest of the post is going to focus more on finding development rather than design firms. Or are you starting from scratch?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

Despite the many challenges 2020 has brought, it’s been inspiring to see people from all over the world collaborate to share ideas, innovate together and drive forward this new era of design freedom with RISC-V. Well as we ramped up to hire again with our pre-pandemic growth we’ve now expanded our hiring globally for new employees.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently, I’ve been working with a few of our portfolio companies to help them think about how to recruit and interview their first analytics hire. Analytics is about designing, reporting, and leveraging operating metrics to aid strategic and functional decision-making. When to make your first analytics hire.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. And all of that cost was caused by one activity: hiring. Hiring is no different from any other company process. Sounds a little abstract, though, doesnt it?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 3, 2019

Startups are starting to launch without a central headquarters, or any designated office building, in an attempt to create “fully remote” businesses. Most businesses have a designated office manager, or some other combination of roles to ensure the facilities are clean, organized, and conducive to a productive work space.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? A few are architectural design companies. And then again, kind of branched out in 2019 with this.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2011

The benefits of customer and agile development and minimum features set are continuous customer feedback, rapid iteration and little wasted code. Ironically it becomes the antithesis of agile. He hired an operating exec as the CEO a few years ago.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2018

However – agile small businesses who figure this out early could have a major advantage. Do you not have (or want to hire) a team of creatives to make your content and your marketing stand out? It’s not that they can’t or don’t know how to outsource – 54% of small businesses outsource graphic design and website design.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

This post is designed mostly for non-technical founders. You still have some leeway to hire above them if need be. They know how to estimate work units, how to manage the agile development process and how to get the most out of their teams. As the CEO you can personally help manage deadlines and the Agile process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. The argument itself got me thinking a lot about design and its role in building products.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 20, 2023

5- Hire the experts Photo Credit: Rachel Eigen “You can do it all starting small” — B.S. Contrary to the initial advice, I learned that it's essential to embrace agility and be willing to pivot when necessary. Thanks to Mike Pio Roda, The Creative VC ! #5- Thanks to Dmitrii Kustov, RegexSeo ! #13-

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

by Hema Crockett and Jamie Jacobs, co-founders of Gig Talent and authors of “ Designing Exceptional Organizational Cultures: How to Develop Companies where Employees Thrive “ We’re seeing it happen day by day. Then, We Leverage Consultants vs. Hiring Full-Time. First, We Think Differently About Talent.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Agile businesses have moved to the cloud because of its scalability, efficiency and reliability, amongst other benefits. It doesn’t, however, change the fact that firewalls are still only perimeter protection devices and are limited to applying security policies against visible packets that travel through them.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 30, 2008 Refactoring for TDD and interaction design In TDD , we follow a rhythm of “test-code-refactor.&# The same process works in Interaction Design. This basic pattern is useful in all aspects of product development. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to design a successful brand marketing campaign that expresses your brand’s core values, create content your customers crave, and ensure your entire brand ecosystem is designed to support customer loyalty. Is your platform designed to make that action simple, or is it unnecessarily complicated?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 12, 2018

“M” by Igor Bastidas As providers of design and creative services, we’re constantly sized up for client projects. Now, back to our “design and creative providers” role, as we’ve adopted the practice internally, we’ve been able to learn why this tendency is so strong. Visibility is important, it makes the challenge real.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 1, 2018

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. If you know in your heart that you don’t have that thinker on your team, find them, hire them. Frameworks fail when leaders don’t have these cultural basics squared away.

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