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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

Startup Lessons Learned

Many great engineers Ive worked with (especially the type I talked about in the hackers lament ) seem to think that if they get along well with someone in an interview, theyll be a good addition to the team. I experienced this when I was the engineering manager at a small company. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

I started my last company with 100% off-shore resources because I could never have completed Customer Development at a reasonable cost of money or regulatory burden had I employed US Citizens. Truth be told, we've got defense contractors here just like California does too. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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6 Questions To Ask Before Launching a New Feature

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The answer to this question must be: I have enough design, engineering, QA, and customer support resources to dedicate to supporting and improving this feature without causing me to neglect any of the other important features that I’m already supporting. How to Make Your Product as Awful as a Corporate I.

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Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Startup Lessons Learned

Silicon Valley’s development is intimately entwined with the long history of industrialization and innovation in the larger San Francisco Bay Area. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.