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A Different Kind of Entrepreneurship Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic/WordPress, will talk about the way his company experiments constantly—even though his teams are fully distributed, with nearly everyone working from home. John Goulah will show you how Etsy gets engineers on board with continuous deployment, an important technical environment that many resist.

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Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization. The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an internet connection. On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an Internet connection. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

No other industry in America says that customers complaining are "trolls" -- it's only those with digital wears using these old geek memes that are so marginalizing and destructive. Loyalty is not something that people distribute to all and any that they come into contact with regardless of warrant.

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