Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Want to learn more about me?

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MARCH 17, 2009

aandarian yahoo c o m March 26, 2009 10:44 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Want to learn more about me?

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JULY 3, 2009

The same has been true of an unfortunate number of startups, they manage to generate a lot of hype, raise a lot of money, and sometimes make some of their investors, employees, or founders rich. ericries #leanstartup Another new idea in the section on continuous deployment and the cluster immune system. Danger, Will Robinson.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Every two months, the company would have a big end-of-milestone meeting, with our Board of Directors, Business Advisory Board, and all employees present. Every two months, the company would have a big end-of-milestone meeting, with our Board of Directors, Business Advisory Board, and all employees present. Want to learn more about me?

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JUNE 17, 2010

Not to be outdone, the technologists on the team had also brought their big guns, and the meeting was packed with employees of every level – from VP’s all the way down to me. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. As the meeting progressed, the temperature kept rising. Want to learn more about me?

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APRIL 26, 2009

Its an amazing thing when you can hire an employee who knows more about your code base than you do, and this turned out to be a big source of advantage. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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APRIL 14, 2009

This is why companies often get out-competed by former employees (Palm vs Handspring to name just one), even though the upstart lacks all of the familiar resources, tools, processes, and support they used to have. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Thanks to Twitter, I just discovered your blog.

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

A new employee is more likely to make a mistake than an experienced one, but everyone makes mistakes. Of course, we wouldnt have a new employee write a huge new feature on their first day - usually wed start with a simple cosmetic change or bug fix. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Try About the author.

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MARCH 4, 2009

That Feedburner page lets you subscribe if you want to give your email address. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. March 7, 2009 3:31 PM Eric said. Great post.

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MAY 7, 2009

I spent some time with his company before the conference and discussed ways to get started with continuous deployment , including my experience introducing it at IMVU. Moreover, approaching the problem from the direction that I had intuitively is a recipe for never reaching a point where continuous deployment is feasible.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Over-communicate with employees, investors, customers. Ive also used the voluntary salary reduction tool - its particularly useful as a way to get passionate employees who dont have a lot of personal expenses to buy into the mission of the company at a deep level. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In fact theyd cause there to be more jobs for Americans, because the companies they started would hire more employees as they grew. In other words, the service transforms tweets into professional reports that are sent by snail mail, fax, and email - the channels that actually have attention paid to them.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. The rule is simple: every employee is 100% responsible for how they spend their time. The suggestion is that you implement one single company-wide rule. I asked why.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Soon, I promise.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Priority will be given to employees of companies participating in the fbFund REV program, but I am confident that there will be room for members of the general public who want to attend. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Why Continuous Deployment?

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MARCH 23, 2009

April 8, 2010 5:02 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Want to learn more about me?

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JUNE 21, 2010

Yet, the real stories of successful startups are full of activities that can rightly be called institution-building: hiring creative employees, coordinating their activities, and creating a company culture that delivers results. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. How can that be part of a startup?

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MARCH 31, 2009

April 2, 2009 5:41 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Haha good point.it

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. It’s an awesome thing to watch.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Because this radical notion of progress is located firmly in the heads of its employees, and not in any artifacts they produce, the lean startup is employee-centric and knowledge-obsessed. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Its unit of progress is that of validated learning about its customers.

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JULY 2, 2009

For example, I often cite a real example of a problem that has as its root cause a new employee who was not properly trained. I pick that example on purpose, for two reasons: 1) most of the companies I work with deal with this problem and yet 2) almost none of them have any kind of training program in place for new employees.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. Instead, five whys kept leading to problems caused by an improperly trained new employee, and wed make a small adjustment. why did that code get written?

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MAY 1, 2009

A: have them deploy code to production on their first day as an employee. Related articles by Zemanta Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps (4cloudcomputing.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup workshop coming soon (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com) The Lean Startup Talk From Web 2.0 made a big impression. What else?"

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

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. Over a thousand people work here now.

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JULY 9, 2009

Then I wouldnt have the chance to work with the incredible employees and mentors from whom I learned so much. If you're interested please send me an email. Unfortunately, I don't see your email address in that comment. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. July 15, 2009 6:29 PM Berislav said.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Thats all helpful for recruiting, retaining, and ramping-up a new employee. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. You dont have to guess who their mentor will be.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2008

On the one hand, it gives you insight into what kind of employee the candidate might be. It amused me because I knew that these things rarely matter and my answer conveyed very little of my value as an employee, but it frustrated my interviewer. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Try About the author.

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MARCH 13, 2009

They spend so much of their time trying to convince everyone around them that their idea is great and the company is doing well: employees, investors, partners, friends, family, significant others - its a long list. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. How do they know they are making progress?

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MARCH 27, 2009

PayPal was fortunate to make several BIG leaps & changes in their models, one of which eventually resulted in runaway success (email & web e-commerce payments, primarily on the eBay marketplace). Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. great observation & summary. Want to learn more about me?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Its easier to believe in a glorious future when you have only zeroes, for everyone: founders, investors, and employees. Its easier to believe in a glorious future when you have only zeroes, for everyone: founders, investors, and employees. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Data can undermine this field.

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Its pretty easy to optimize our business to serve one of employees, customers or shareholders. I thought that this was a great post, and Ive quoted it extensively to folks via email. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. I think Drucker said it best. Thats what business is designed to do. Any thoughts?

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AUGUST 1, 2009

The videos are Steve explaining the company's path forward to Next employees. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. August 3, 2009 2:58 AM Phil Winkler said.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

It has to balance competing goals of establishing clear ownership, while avoiding talented employees getting stuck. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Try About the author.

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MARCH 24, 2009

A few days ago, I received a great email from Warhammer Online. And yet, WoW never sends me emails. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Want to learn more about me?

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DECEMBER 6, 2008

These are facets that are conspicuously missing from the lives of employees in most organizations I would speculate but with this agile/scrum type methodology these can be the "juice" that keeps the team engaged and productive. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Want to learn more about me? Try About the author.

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Want to learn more about me?

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