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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months.

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Lessons Learned: A hierarchy of pitches

Startup Lessons Learned

Their idea was to build a next-generation autonomous robot, that could be used by defense and security agencies around the world. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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John Doerr's 10 lean startup tips

Startup Lessons Learned

All cash in most secure possible instruments. Over-communicate with employees, investors, customers. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Everyone from the receptionist to engineers is selling.

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Minimum Viable Product: a guide

Startup Lessons Learned

While it is still possible - and recommended to experiment with customers in order to determine the minimum that they need, the exercise is bit more complicated due to the formality of the release process. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Amazon PostRank

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Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Startup Lessons Learned

Its an academic treatise that tries to answer a seemingly straightforward question: after World War II, why did Silicon Valley become the undisputed leader of the technology world, while Bostons Route 128 corridor did not. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview

Startup Lessons Learned

I remember once being asked in a Microsoft group interview (and dinner) about the ActiveX security model. I remember answering "What security model?" Turns out, I had been lecturing the creator of the ActiveX security model. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Lessons Learned: Five Whys

Startup Lessons Learned

Most of this was code that not scalable, not secure, and not particularly extensible. It seems your cluster architecture is one of the key architectural constraints making continuous deployment possible. If you cant deploy to 5% of the nodes and check the results, then how would you accomplish continuous deployment?