Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

But if you want to practice rapid deployment, you need to be able to deploy that build in one step as well. If you want to do continuous deployment, youd better be able to certify that build too, which brings us to. For more on continuous deployment, see Just-in-time Scalability. Can you make a build in one step?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

These problems can be anything: development mistakes, site outages, marketing program failures, or even internal missed schedules. 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. If new employees are causing problems, that will be a routine topic.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Or we’ll utilize our Customer Development Program customers that are under NDA. Protect Employees and Customers. In addition to protecting revenue and brand, we also need to protect our employees and our customers. Sometimes we need to be even more conservative and we’ll do an invitation-only live-data test.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Its a wonderful filter for people who are intrinsically motivated by the art of programming. Thats all helpful for recruiting, retaining, and ramping-up a new employee. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Most of the best programmers Ive known are been active in at least one free software project.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development. for Harvard Business Revie.

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MARCH 16, 2009

Consider the classic project that was essential to the creation of extreme programming , the Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation System. In the case of C3, that was to run payroll for 87,000 employees, who were presumably receiving payroll before the project began. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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JANUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. For example, I have repeatedly taught PHP to complete novices in several companies, including people who had never before programmed at all. Thats simply impossible on most platforms.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2008

If done right, a programming interview serves two purposes simultaneously. On the one hand, it gives you insight into what kind of employee the candidate might be. For software engineers, I think this absolutely has to be a programming problem solved on a whiteboard. If it doesnt require a whiteboard, it doesnt count.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2008

I bought a bunch of copies, gave them out to my co-founders and early employees, and then expected the whole companys behavior would radically change the next day. I bought a bunch of copies, gave them out to my co-founders and early employees, and then expected the whole companys behavior would radically change the next day."

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Amazon PostRank

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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. for Harvard Business Revie.

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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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APRIL 29, 2013

So if you have advice that you think is relevant only to people working in established corporations, or only to government employees, or only to non-profit leaders, or only to innovative educators, or only to engineers, no prob—you can indicate that in your application. Do note that the conference is a no-hype zone (no pitches, no launches).

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Startup Lessons Learned

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. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

TDD plus continuous integration works as a natural feedback loop: if the team is working "too fast" to produce quality code reliably, tests fail, which requires the team to slow down and fix them. Use pair programming and collective code ownership. Pair programming is the most radical, but also the most helpful.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

It has to balance competing goals of establishing clear ownership, while avoiding talented employees getting stuck. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Lessons Learned

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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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

The videos are Steve explaining the company's path forward to Next employees. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

When I was working my first programming jobs, I was introduced to the following maxim: "time, quality, money - pick two." When I first encountered agile software techniques, in the form of extreme programming , I thought I had found the answer. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Although customers didnt flock to this offering at first, we had enough of a developer program active to start recruiting early adopters to start creating 3D objects for sale in our catalog. 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.

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Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Startup Lessons Learned

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. for Harvard Business Revie. Amazon PostRank

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Startup Lessons Learned

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? Amazon PostRank

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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. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Its pretty easy to optimize our business to serve one of employees, customers or shareholders. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Amazon PostRank

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 128

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Voluntary salary reduction program. 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. Offer equity instead of cash.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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. First of all, Dave McClure introduced the idea of modifying an existing immigration program. First of all, Dave McClure introduced the idea of modifying an existing immigration program.

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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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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 74

Startup Lessons Learned

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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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 23, 2009

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Are employees paying more attention to those reports than to the positive press coverage? Your employees probably read the same press you are trying to influence. Are employees paying more attention to those reports than to the positive press coverage? Your employees probably read the same press you are trying to influence.

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