Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. I know many people who think that software works like magic, but to me it actually was magic.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

And the fact that the effects of this IPO vanishing act are being felt first and foremost in the software business also makes sense to me. In fact, I believe that the software business is the canary in the coal mine: increasingly, all businesses are going to look more and more like software businesses.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

When IMVU instigated a policy of banning users from voicing their thoughts, however, even more damage was done to the company's reputation in the eyes of many. People felt themselves to be subject to censorship, a perception that continues to this day. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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