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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Ive been talking to the folks at [a very good VC firm] about helping them with a new venture. Labels: agile , continuous deployment , customer development , events , listening to customers , slides 3comments: Sean Murphy said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: A hierarchy of pitches

Startup Lessons Learned

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Dont keep banging your head against the wall - if you cant convince your potential partners that your startup is printing money, try to figure out why. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Read the rest.

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. It strokes your ego.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuous deployment; A/B split testing. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Articulate, inspirational.

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Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

Sure, when entrepreneurs create startups that grow up into mature companies, they become part of an established industry, with its own ecosystem, norms, partners and best practices. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Even if you cant attend, you can help shape the curriculum.