Remove Continuous Deployment Remove Engineer Remove Incubator Remove Product Development
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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. ericries #leanstartup Another new idea in the section on continuous deployment and the cluster immune system. Use some customer development to find out.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

Every summer, they bring approximately 10 companies to Boulder for an intense "accelerator" experience (dont call it an incubator, or youll get dirty looks). Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuous deployment; A/B split testing. You can learn more about that by reading The engineering managers lament.)

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New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

These are the big questions Ive heard over and over again as Ive traveled presenting the lean startup methodology: "Sure, sounds great for a five-person team, but how can such a fast-paced development process scale? Doesnt the communication overhead of a large team lead to chaos of overlapping experiments and continuously-deployed bugs?" "If

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Join the lean startup discussion at Facebook on Thursday

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Join the lean startup discussion at Facebook on Thursday I recently agreed to join Facebook s fbFund incubator as a mentor. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Pivot, don't jump to a new vision Why Continuous Deployment?

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The Lean Startup at SIPA follow-up

Startup Lessons Learned

This is the thinking that allowed us to overcome our fear of continuous deployment at IMVU. There seems to be a hole/gap with the approach though (unless Ive missed it - thats completely possible - and wouldnt be the first time), with the integration of the Customer Development and Product Development processes.

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