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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months.

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

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If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here.

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Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

Alas, they arent published in a dead-tree medium yet, so I cant say something like "they are the essential reference on my bookcase." Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything. I say this as a founder: the contribution of founders is always overestimated. Even VCs do it.

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Often, in very young organizations, those people are simply the founders. Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization. So if you’ve got advice to share on implementing a continuous deployment framework, for example, we’re all eyes.

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Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. (You can read the rest of his posts on his blog : Introduction , Part 1 , Part 2.)

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Financial leverage refers to investing that is supplemented by borrowed money. Similarly, product development leverage refers to situations in which our own work is fortified by the work of outsiders. Technical debt only refers to the latter. Technical > debt only refers to the latter. One last thought.

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New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

Doesnt the communication overhead of a large team lead to chaos of overlapping experiments and continuously-deployed bugs?" "If Of course, readers of this blog know that the lean in "lean startup" doesnt refer to cost, but - rather - to Lean Thinking. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.