TechEmpower
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies. Does it help our clients sell more widgets or deliver with fewer headaches? It's a fun and funny business to be in. Not to downplay developer happiness.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 22, 2011
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Steve Blank
MARCH 11, 2015
I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. More agile competitors are starting to eat into our business. There are financial metrics (Return on Investment, Hurdle Rate, etc.) Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At What Drives Innovation?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. One person making a mistake may be a deranged lone wolf, but systematic mistakes are the result of systemic problems. Expo SF (May.
steveblank.com
JULY 8, 2011
interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 8, 2008
Whenever you have code that is un-deployed or un-integrated, its helpful to think of it as a huge stack of not-yet-installed parts in a widget factory. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.
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