Continuous Deployment, Hiring, Internet and Silicon Valley

The free software hiring advantage

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The free software hiring advantage This is one of those startup tips Im a little reluctant to share, because its been such a powerful source of competitive advantage in the companies Ive worked with. This approach gives you an edge in hiring. Instead, engage with the project.

Software Review

Software Review Software Hiring San Francisco

Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean

Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. but rest assured they would be.

San Francisco

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Asked to help, I am confident that Silicon Valley and every other innovation center will step up. They are nerds.

Programming

Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Hire the absolute best and the brightest, true experts in their fields, who in turn can hire the smartest people possible to staff their departments. By hiring experts, conducting lots of focus groups, and executing to a detailed plan, the company became deluded that it knew what customers wanted.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment

Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review

Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Agile

Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Five Whys

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It seems your cluster architecture is one of the key architectural constraints making continuous deployment possible. If you cant deploy to 5% of the nodes and check the results, then how would you accomplish continuous deployment? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Where did Silicon Valley come from? I think the absolute best reading on this subject is a book called Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 by AnnaLee Saxenian. And what were they doing beforehand?

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 29, 2008 The ABCDEFs of conducting a technical interview I am incredibly proud of the people I have hired over the course of my career. This second objective plays no small part in allowing you to hire the best. Hiring decisions are among the most difficult, and the most critical.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Agile Java

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Demand

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Lean

Lean San Francisco Agile Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time!

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

The problem is that the most authentic innovators and entrepreneurs are in the Valley. I want more than anything to come to Silicon Valley after I graduate and join the vibrant ecosystem. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

Lean

Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

If I have some budget for outside help, should I hire a vendor to help us drive down our payment fraud rates by 1% (ROI easy to predict), or hire a market research firm to give us insights into potential customers (ROI hard to predict)? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. What is customer development?

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, June 9, 2009 The Lean Startup Tokyo edition I had a blast speaking at Startonomics Tokyo , which was organized to foster ties between the startup cultures in Japan and Silicon Valley. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Japan Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer

Lessons Learned: ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

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

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Using examples drawn from his own experiences in the startup hub of Silicon Valley, Eric Ries unravels the myths and misconceptions that guide most startups, and paints a picture of a new way forward for the industry. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review

What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. Of course, the real thanks should go to a startup - Gogo Inflight Internet - that I was lucky enough to meet at a recent workshop. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

DC

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR

Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

And thanks to the radical transparency enabled by the internet, the quality of these proposals is actually constantly rising, to the point that it’s almost impossible to judge the quality of the final product – because all the proposals look polished and professional, even the terrible ones. Thanks again for a great post.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution

Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2010

Heres an excerpt: Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster - WSJ.com Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists often churn out how-to business books and fancy themselves as management gurus, but few see their methodologies adopted. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Arlington Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Here was our experience at IMVU, which I have seen replicated at many other consumer internet startups. In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage

Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

It connects to the internet to automatically download the necessary codes. If youre used to pitching your company in a startup hub, like here in Silicon Valley, you may suffer from a debilitating disease: the inability to describe your product to normal people. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Campaign

Campaign San Francisco Lean Agile

Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23, 2010 in SF)

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 9, 2010

The event is being produced in partnership with Charles Hudson, who puts on many of Silicon Valleys top events, including the forthcoming Freemium Summit. The event is being produced in partnership with Charles Hudson, who puts on many of Silicon Valleys top events, including the forthcoming Freemium Summit.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup

Some IPO speculation

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

His posts are born of tremendous research into the secret history of Silicon Valley , and if you haven’t read those essays, you should. His posts are born of tremendous research into the secret history of Silicon Valley , and if you haven’t read those essays, you should.

IPO

IPO San Francisco Lean Silicon Valley

Tell your Startup Visa story

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

This is especially true if you live outside the echo chamber of Silicon Valley. This is especially true if you live outside the echo chamber of Silicon Valley. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. There are four ways to get involved below. There are four ways to get involved below.

San Francisco

San Francisco DC Startup Lean

The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

In fact, I am convinced that if you could find some of IMVU’s earliest adopters, they would say something like this: “sure, those guys at IMVU HQ were helpful in writing code and stuff, but in the end they were just the hired help. It was really the community who built that product.&# It is a stage that must be outgrown.

Community

Community Management Lean Software Review

Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Advertising

Advertising San Francisco Media Continuous Deployment

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

.Net

.Net Operations San Francisco Lean

10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. And then, at my first Silicon Valley startup , I watched friends get laid off in successive waves as it started to fail. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. I pretty much missed all the trends.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

StartUpRoar

The free software hiring advantage

Building a new startup hub

Trending Sources

Paul Graham on fundraising

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Thank you

Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile

Lessons Learned: Five Whys

Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Lessons Learned: ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important.

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

What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Marching through quicksand

Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23, 2010 in SF)

Some IPO speculation

Tell your Startup Visa story

The cardinal sin of community management

Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

10 years of entrepreneurship

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