Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. These aging products, developed in earlier times now represent bankrupt ideologies, weak paradigms and byzantine complexity. Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. What’s the ROI?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Tesla has always put a huge emphasis on product development and technological advancement. I admire Aurora Solar for its ability to use cloud computing technology to create innovative clean energy solutions. It has whole teams dedicated to R&D and invests regularly to ensure it's at the top of the food chain.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

In addition, we were lucky enough to finally find reliable partners, thus adding a few more services to our portfolio – like Locksmith and Childcare. We finally found a reliable partner and I am very confident that this service will be as successful as the others we deliver. 12- Cloud Innovation Challenge Award.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Now that we are a few months into the integration of the businesses, we thought we would share some observations to help you tackle one of the biggest challenges you might face – integrating the data of the two operations – and other things to keep in mind as your scenario unfolds: Public Cloud Data Makes Migration Easier.

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Up and Running

MARCH 15, 2012

He writes, “This ensures that the product, development, marketing, partner, sales and management team all have full visibility of what is going on across the business (and what the people they’re working with actually look like!) Any team members that have joined that week can also be introduced to everyone.”.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. These aging products, developed in earlier times now represent bankrupt ideologies, weak paradigms and byzantine complexity. Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. What’s the ROI?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown, and the key to success is building an integrated team that includes product development in the feedback loop with customers. 2008 09 06 Eric Ries Haas Columbia Customer Development Engineering View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. But a good developer could make it quicker.”. 1) Twitter. However, Werdelin is quick to qualify his statement.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2018

Product Development. Your product might “sell itself,” but it still has to get into customers’ hands somehow.) To keep this expense category in check, you’ll want to lean heavily on digital marketing channels and outsource logistics to trusted partners, like Fulfillment by Amazon. Bookkeeping and Financial Services.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 28, 2017

Address any concerns before they happen by keeping your audience members informed of your current production cycle stage. Most backers lack experience with product development, manufacturing, and distribution. Get referrals for — and interview — potential manufacturing and distribution partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? It strokes your ego. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time).

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The promotion signals the importance of product development for the company’s growth roadmap. Yanai Oron, General Partner at Vertex, has said that his firm invested in DataRails because of the profile and strength of the platform’s positive reviews. CEO Perspective. DataRails has already raised $53.5

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. agile software development. (46). cloud computing. (4). product management. (23). Simple Agile Product Development. How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Pa. Trying to Develop a Death Star or a Flux Capacitor.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. Make the effort to test your assumptions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. There are lots of good reasons why I can’t have instantaneous access to this data, and each partner has their own.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Successful Innovation Outposts typically develop over a period of time through three stages. In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors. In what order? Silicon Valley, Boston).

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. And they expose the startups to a vast network of mentors, none of whom get paid for their involvement. Some of the mentors are based in Boulder, but many are not. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Herein lies the reason my partner and I started Dillotronics - as well as the reason your take on the matter resonated so well here. Thanks for an enjoyable evening. June 3, 2009 8:16 PM Tom Gimbel said. Eric - thanks for making it to Austin to share your insights on the lean startup. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

The cloud makes software easily accessible, without waiting for CD shipments to arrive and installed. For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has done it before. In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering. Prior experience is critical.

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ConversionXL

MAY 14, 2018

They are mucking about with training datasets on cloud-based systems. These methods are in much wider use in product development, manufacturing, fraud detection, healthcare, and so on. For that, it’s good to know your partner. They are attending conferences. They are building rudimentary apps. Conclusion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Whether your new software is ‘in the cloud,’ an online download, or distributed on a CD through various direct and indirect distribution channels, the process of localization is still a time consuming, manually intensive, and expensive effort. For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has don it before.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. The importance of a domain name.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 1, 2009

I see that as a great way for my product to grow, but while Ive partnered with companies in my consulting business, its not something Im as familiar with now that Im on the product side. I question what numbers I would need to be considered respectable and/or worth a potential partners time.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. Were doomed! Or the press. Or to our team.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Because they used the magic term ‘personas,‘ development teams were discouraged from developing their own, not realising that a market segment might contain multiple personas. Development teams couldn’t use marketing personas to make design decisions, so they decided personas weren’t that useful. (It

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Establish credibility with potential partners. In some businesses, especially in certain industries like traditional enterprise software, you simply cannot bring a new product to market on your own. You need to combine your product with others, and this requires partners like OEMs or system integrators.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

In fact, the curse of product development is that sometimes small things make a huge difference and sometimes huge things make no difference. When we’re optimizing, product development teams encounter similar situations. I mean, here we are, paying them to be there, and they won’t use the product!

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ConversionXL

MARCH 7, 2017

Because they used the magic term ‘personas’, development teams were discouraged from developing their own, not realising that a market segment might contain multiple personas. Development teams couldn’t use marketing personas to make design decisions, so they decided personas weren’t that useful. (It

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

We’re proud to share that our members, startups, entrepreneurs and Innovation Council partners submitted a total of 17 proposals to the SXSW PanelPicker this year! This past month, SXSW called on the community to enter proposals for conference sessions at all SXSW 2020 events— and so the buzz begins.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Ex: theyre primarily a back-end programmer, who can code basic front-end specs, and who can administer cloud hosting. Sorry for the rant, but in all seriousness, Ive seen too many good non-technical founders delay building a product for months because theyre too stingy with equity. In any case, thanks for the GREAT post!

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Have an account?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

At the end of the day, the product development team of a startup (large or small) is a service organization. It exists to serve the needs of customers, and it does this by offering its capabilities to other functions in the company, and partnering with them. So, fellow hackers, Id love to hear from you. Does this sound familiar?

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. In the last five years, there’s been this sort of acknowledgment of the consumerization of the enterprise, which is consumer product development, design methods applied to business software, of which SaaS and cloud and all these things are examples. Nothing is going to stop cloud.

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