crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Absolutely Stunning Promotional Poster and Flyer Designs – [link]. 28 Very Useful Font and Typography Tools for Designers – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

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.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Like a financial debt, the technical debt incurs interest payments, which come in the form of the extra effort that we have to do in future development because of the quick and dirty design choice. Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Thats more than just drawing architecture diagrams, though. dicing is whats expensive?!

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you.

Product Development 153

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 153

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2017

THE SPEAKERS MELANIE DISALVO Melanie DiSalvo began her fashion career in product development after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Textile Development and Marketing program. As written in the Huffington Post, it took around 7 years to develop, what is now Pinatex. She received a PhD & M.S.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Technology Philippines Silicon Valley 48

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

It's difficult not to include Steve Jobs at the top of that list; he established a brand in Apple that altered global habits and elevated the importance of design in our daily lives. He has been instrumental in the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are key areas of focus for Google. 10- Sundar Pichai.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 78

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. And this was a huge product, which took years to develop.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Starting on the evening of December 11 and running through December 13—for VIP pass holders only—we’re partnering with UP Global’s Startup Weekend to offer a two-day Lean Startup immersion program , specially designed to teach you how to put Lean Startup theory directly into practice. Needless to say, this is a slow and complex process.

Continuous Deployment 162

Continuous Deployment Norway Lean Analytics 162

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Their engineering teams didn’t have the expertise using off-the-shelf microprocessors (back then “real” computer companies designed their own instruction sets and operating systems.) They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors.

Technology 138

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 138

Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Market Risk vs. Invention Risk - Click to Enlarge For companies building web-based products, product development may be difficult, but with enough time and iteration engineering will eventually converge on a solution and ship a functional product - i t’s engineering, not invention.

Vertical 144

Vertical Silicon Valley Marketing Customer 144

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. After all, the worst kind of waste in software development is code to support a use case that never materializes. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean 94

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The way the integration is developed, planned and put into action will have a strong effect on how much of an increase you may see, how well the components work together and the end usability for your employees. A well-planned system integration architecture and toolkit are vital to the success of your business.

Software 189

Software eCommerce Architecture Cash Position 189

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

The artists on the team had called in the big guns, and VP-level folks were there to explain the importance of certain aspects of the visual design that threatened to be cut. They either had to hire a developer onto the art team itself (unthinkable) or learn those development skills themselves (which was, to be fair, really hard).

Technical Review 164

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Thats a perfectly reasonable reaction, given that most releases of most products are bad news. Even worse, the sad state of product development generally means that the new "features" are as likely to be ones that make the product worse, not better. In a successful startup, the development team is also growing.

Continuous Deployment 122

Continuous Deployment San Francisco Lean Metrics 122

femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. I think its important to keep that in mind rather than always trying to covet a rock star developer with a proven track record.

Engineer 41

Engineer Software Review Startup Technical Review 41

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. The goal of iterative development is to give us guard rails so we dont veer off to either extreme. Now that is fun.

Product Development 68

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

You dont need to invent a new architecture, and you dont need to even build your architecture up-front. You can turn your entire application infrastructure investment into a pay-as-you-go variable cost, and bring new products to market at speeds an order of magnitude faster than just 10 years ago. yeah, its awesome.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It is repeatedly performed using API hacks designed to compromise authentication tokens. Assurance of Quality The testing stage of the software product development process is vital. ZTA, or zero-trust architecture ZTA models differ from standard cyber security models, which depend on ongoing verification.

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Web API 88

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

If youre looking for resources on getting started, see " Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps ") The goal of continuous deployment is to help development teams drive waste out of their process by simultaneously reducing the batch size and increasing the tempo of their work. How severely is failure punished?

Continuous Deployment 167

Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Likely cause #1: after the ship was designed and construction was under way, the King overruled the engineers and added much heavier cannons on the upper armament deck. How could that be? While the king was quick to blame the architect and shipbuilder, later forensics proved both to be mostly blameless.

Engineer 123

Engineer Poland Sweden Architecture 123

Up and Running

AUGUST 4, 2016

Building Design + Construction. This publication puts the spotlight on commercial interior design and architecture, an angle most other sites don’t take. When you consider the power good design has to transform buildings, it’s a no-brainer to beef up your knowledge of the prettier side of things. Magazines and blogs.

United States 60

United States Architecture America Lean 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 14, 2013

When not at CrossFit, Steph tests content at Work Design Magazine, which she co-launched in 2010. Work Design Magazine has 5,000 email subscribers who comprise a variety of audience types within the commercial architecture and design industry. We asked her five questions about how, exactly, clear content gets created.

Lean 167

Lean Conversion Audience Design 167

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

If you think of a business as a series of processes executed by a variety of people designed to create specific, measurable outcomes then you get the basic idea of how Tidemark defines a blueprint and aligns itself to the business.

Romania 78

Romania Architecture Analytics Cloud 78

adam.heroku.com

MAY 18, 2012

How To Scale a Development Team. An equally important challenge in a growing business is scaling your development team. Most technology companies hit a wall with dev team scalability somewhere around ten developers. Most technology companies hit a wall with dev team scalability somewhere around ten developers.

Developer 92

Developer Database Architecture API 92

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

This is the magic number for leadership teams, product teams, research teams, design teams, and more. Not too long ago, German software giant SAP blew up the management framework for its 20,000-person development department and replaced it with “mini-teams” of roughly 10 people.

Agile 196

Agile Leadership Architecture Product Development 196

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

It’s important to invest in good architecture so that your website will scale once customers arrive. If you make that investment, and then customers arrive, and the site stays up, most companies will reward the people who built the architecture and, thus, prevented the scaling problems. Why do they harbor that paranoia?

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Architecture Lean Continuous Deployment 133

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? " => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. Rockstar v.

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. You see, there is what I consider a major design flaw that is built into practically every social media channel out there – invite your friends & import your contacts. Part 2 – Developing A Smarter Social Media Strategy.

Social Media 128

Social Media Media Marketing Database 128

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. You see, there is what I consider a major design flaw that is built into practically every social media channel out there – invite your friends & import your contacts. Part 2 – Developing A Smarter Social Media Strategy.

Social Media 127

Social Media Media Marketing Database 127

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. You see, there is what I consider a major design flaw that is built into practically every social media channel out there – invite your friends & import your contacts. Part 2 – Developing A Smarter Social Media Strategy.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Marketing Database 126

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

The technical interview is at the heart of these challenges when building a product development team, and so I thought it deserved an entire post on its own. and going into a long diatribe about how insecure the ActiveX architecture was compared to Javas pristine sandbox. what happens if we have a pipelined architecture?

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Lean Agile Java 146

BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2004

I couldn’t agree with him more that while there are cost benefits there are also other factors to consider when moving development offsite. While the number of coders may go down in an IT department, there will be ample opportunity for developers to move up the value chain into design, architecture, and product management.

Offshore 60

Offshore Coder IP Architecture 60

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

I know them right away - we can talk high-level architecture all the way down to the bits-and-bytes of his system. When the architecture needs modifying - why do we need a meeting? Building a good application architecture is not just coding. The "just fix it" mentality is counter-productive here. Just change it.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. You see, there is what I consider a major design flaw that is built into practically every social media channel out there – invite your friends & import your contacts. Part 2 – Developing A Smarter Social Media Strategy.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Database Channel 79

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. So far, this is just a summary of what all of us who have attempted to build web-scale architectures considers obvious. But startups rarely have either luxury. Easy to understand.

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. You see, there is what I consider a major design flaw that is built into practically every social media channel out there – invite your friends & import your contacts. Part 2 – Developing A Smarter Social Media Strategy.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Marketing Database 69