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The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer

Andrew Payne

I don’t tell that story to brag, but to talk about the “10x developer” If you write code at all, you’ve surely heard of the idea there are programmers ten times as productive as others. Their study measured “effort” (time to complete), lines of code, and defect count for ten programming assignments: [.]

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Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. Defective prototype code was as often thrown out (because customers didnt want it) as it was fixed (when customers did).

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Here’s why.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Here’s why.

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. For software, the easiest batch to see is code. Every time an engineer checks in code, they are batching up a certain amount of work. This is easiest to see in deployment.

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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend ! #3- Kids in middle school and high school can now learn things like coding and e-commerce. It may well take entrepreneurs longer to get a decent level of traction with these types of businesses due to this added competition. 3- So influenced by what is happening on social media.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend. Founding Date: 2004.