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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. No more, no less.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? However, they insisted on using a platform that totally contradicted their business model. But along the way, something strange happened.

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Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. This presentation will empower entrepreneurs and managers to: -Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. To do that, we add specific speed regulators, like integrating source control with our continuous integration server or the more elaborate dance required for continuous deployment.

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Do lean startup principles have a place in the enterprise?

The Next Web

They didn’t validate their business model before investing so much in it and under-estimated the “last mile” problem. Use a continuous delivery model to release new features quickly with the least amount of friction. Can it work for an enterprise software company? Real world example: WebVan vs Zappos.

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Four myths about the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

internet/consumer software companies. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. internet/consumer software companies. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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