Cost Entrepreneur Product Development SCRUM 
YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2019
We use SCRUM. As its official website suggests, it is a better way of building products. Moreover, scrum and agile aren’t the same thing. The first and foremost shelf of the scrum framework is the product backlog. Now that all of this is set, who is going to manage the scrum team? Startups and SCRUM.
The Next Web
MARCH 6, 2014
Successful collaboration between a company’s business development and product development requires mutual understanding and purpose. One way to remain on the same page at all times is to plead your case by conjuring up a problem/cost/solution document that overviews the importance of the task or item at hand.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 29, 2009
Like a financial debt, the technical debt incurs interest payments, which come in the form of the extra effort that we have to do in future development because of the quick and dirty design choice. Although it costs to pay down the principal, we gain by reduced interest payments in the future. One last thought.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. Development firms have all the current leverage. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 9, 2009
It hasn't been that long since I started reading your blog (and finally got to read Steven's book), but I've already started trying to put these ideas to work in my company and sharing them with some other entrepreneurs here in Brazil. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
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