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Lean Startup at Scale

Startup Lessons Learned

As Shutterstock has grown, there are a few key elements to our continued development speed: Small, autonomous teams: The more a team can do on their own, the faster they can go. Continuous deployment: A key component of speed is to keep pushing out work. Growth changed all that. Over a thousand people work here now.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends.

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The Lean Entrepreneur is here

Startup Lessons Learned

Struggling to explain the successes and failures of those companies, I discussed principles like continuous deployment, customer development, and a hyper-accelerated form of agile. Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits are among the earliest adopters of new ideas such as Lean Startup and customer development.

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Tell your Startup Visa story

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre registered to vote in the United States, and youd like your elected representatives to know that you support the Startup Visa, you can register your support in just two minutes at [link]. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

The idea is to enable up to 10,000 people per year to enter the United States if they are here to found a company that will employ US citizens. The idea is to enable up to 10,000 people per year to enter the United States if they are here to found a company that will employ US citizens.

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6 Questions To Ask Before Launching a New Feature

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► February (1) 6 Ways You May Be Failing at Customer Development ► 2009 (9) ► December (1) Which Metrics Equal Happy Users? ► November (2) 6 Reasons Users Hate Your New Feature Is Continuous Deployment Good for Users? 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

The lesson for planners and economic developers is to focus on long-term, not short-term developmental trajectories. Silicon Valley was the fastest growing region in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s; but that growth came out of a place, not a technology. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.