archive tag lean-startup-machine 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 12, 2009
And while others in our new startup came from companies like Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that had sold computers to automate scientific instrumentation and process control, the computers we were building at Ardent were targeted to different customers and markets. The problem was I didn’t have a clue.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Our engineers built a series of test tags, so you could quickly run a subset of tests in your sandbox that you thought were relevant to your current project or feature. This would deploy the change incrementally, one machine at a time. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
I had last been in Chapel Hill on a winter’s day in 1986, traveling with the VP of Sales of our new supercomputer startup, Ardent. We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs. This is the first of a series of posts on the company. We were sitting in our cheap hotel room when the phone rang.
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. The idea behind sharding is simple: split the data between multiple machines, and have a way to make sure that you always access data from the right place. Key-based partitioning.
Steve Blank
JULY 2, 2009
He took us through a day (and a night) of a hardcore gamer and told us about the new class of CD-ROM based game machines about to hit the market. Reply Mark Essel , on July 2, 2009 at 9:14 am Said: Reality distortion field isn’t the basic technique covered in startups 101? I love all these war stories.
Steve Blank
MARCH 25, 2009
SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – Market Type at Work « Steve Blank (tags: strategy) [.] Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System » 20 Responses brantcooper , on March 26, 2009 at 3:52 pm Said: Great story, Steve. Reply Knowtu » links for 2009-03-26 , on March 27, 2009 at 1:02 am Said: [.]
Steve Blank
APRIL 27, 2009
Their goal was to destroy the German capability to wage war by aerial bombing the critical infrastructure of the German war machine. On RRL, you probably would love to visit the Harvard Archives and have them pull out some material for you. The archives are amazing when you get a box full of correspondence on (real!)
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