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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. Continuous Deployment is Continuous Flow applied to software.

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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. Last year, I found myself back in Steve Blanks class at Haas, this time trying to teach the students about what its like running engineering alongside customer development.

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

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Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization. You may have to pay the writer and photographer, and perhaps you’ll spend some money on training the writer to use blogging software and social media tools that help them build a following.

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

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As someone who has bootstrapped a software company ([link] and funded it through selling software and consulting to customers, I certainly know what it means to live lean and Ive even taken your advice ([link] I just wish I was in the Bay area and could come by "office hours". Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization. Doesnt the communication overhead of a large team lead to chaos of overlapping experiments and continuously-deployed bugs?" "If Were in pursuit of the truth, not orthodoxy.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. This model of joint accountability is at the heart of the lean startup, and is just as applicable to venture-backed, bootstrapped, and enterprise startups. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

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This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook. People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc., So heres the question that I pose to you - our startup helps software companies develop a scalable revenue engine in the form of software-specific hardware devices. April 15, 2009 3:48 PM Knowist said.

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