crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Best User Interface Design Resources: The Round-up - [link]. The LG mobile phone design competition on crowdSPRING has started! 40+ Creative Example of Web Interfaces and Web Design - [link].

Social Media 88

Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. The argument itself got me thinking a lot about design and its role in building products.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2018

So what do Millennials care more about than the hippest of avocado toasts and the trendiest of designer shoes? Take Air France KLM’s recent partnership with Winding Tree for example, they are working to lower prices by using blockchain technology to cut out the middle man.

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Fractional CTO France America Programming 118

Transformify

APRIL 13, 2020

Since the beginning, the team has been involved not only in the pure implementation of the business logic and technological evolution of the system but the overall organization around the project and the design of the business processes into the application. The system operates in France, and from the beginning of 2020, also in Turkey.

Bulgaria 52

Bulgaria Java Turkey Europe 52

ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2019

Quality product images. If I had to pick one thing that would sell a product online, it’s images. Technically, you could have an ecommerce site with only images and no product descriptions, but I don’t recommend it. Show the products from different angles and in context; make them zoomable. Great product copy.

eCommerce 105

eCommerce Conversion Software Review Technical Review 105

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

One of the biggest problems facing any entrepreneur is how to convince people that your idea, product or service is as great as you personally believe it to be. Include what you said or designed, even if you think this is irrelevant. by Caroline Pegden, co-founder of TempaGoGo. Every founder has a good story to tell!

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Startup Balance Sheet Early Stage 127

Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Tech startups were running out of cash prior to launching great products over talent shortage and ever-increasing salaries and rents. At the same time, talented software engineers, designers, digital marketing experts, product managers, etc.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Croatia San Francisco Software Review 132

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 30, 2008 Refactoring for TDD and interaction design In TDD , we follow a rhythm of “test-code-refactor.&# This basic pattern is useful in all aspects of product development. The same process works in Interaction Design. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Software Review 74

Software Review San Francisco Design Continuous Deployment 74

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. We didnt think wed able to compete with that.

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. So at the end of ’94 I moved to France, because I wanted to learn Spanish. I had someone willing to offer me a job in France. I lived in the south of France in Antibes and in Cannes. Ridesharing.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Startup San Diego 337

Transformify

APRIL 2, 2020

Travel, tourism, logistics, production plants, HoReCa, events management are planning massive lay off in the coming weeks and months. Some countries like Italy, Spain and France allow citizens to leave their home only to buy groceries, visit a doctor or a pharmacy.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Software Review Italy Spain 69

techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

It’s an age-old scenario: You’re building a company, you have a product idea, and you’ve got the framework laid out in your head, but you want some expert advice and guidance on how to take the next steps. He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. Powered by Personforce. Latest on TechCrunch TV.

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Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

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. We can choose to continue paying the interest, or we can pay down the principal by refactoring the quick and dirty design into the better design.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

(for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. Everyone was in the flow; the team was hyper-productive.

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

Transformify

AUGUST 20, 2018

To provide a solution to the business, Transformify Recruitment CRM and Generate have designed an end-to-end solution that tremendously cuts the costs and mitigates the risks associated with relocating employees to new countries. Via Transformify Recruitment CRM, the employers can source top talent regardless of the location. .’’

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Saudi Arabia Czech Republic Hiring South Korea 40

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Gilt Groupe from France and Xing from Germany are good examples. First up, Manik Kinra from Bangalore, India, pitched Jade Magnet , a crowd sourcing platform for creative services like logo design, website development, animation, video production, etc. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Ireland India Entrepreneur 124

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

members in France ( www.covoiturage.fr ), the UK ( www.blablacar.com ) and Spain ( www.comuto.es ), this company is changing the way people travel on the old continent, becoming a very compelling alternative to trains and planes. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. internet.

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. I owe it originally to lean manufacturing books like Lean Thinking and Toyota Production System. Similar results apply in product management, design, testing, and even operations.

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment Development Team Review 161

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Agile 99

Agile Software Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 99

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. There’s a spectrum from descriptive names which speak directly to a product benefit or attribute, to empty vessel names, where it doesn’t mean anything about the product that we’re talking about.&#

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System. And yet the key to startup speed is to maintain a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating new products, features, and ideas. Five Whys has its origins in the Toyota Production System. Techniques from lean manufacturing can be part of a startups innovation culture.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 132

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

In my experience, the majority of changes we made to products have no effect at all on customer behavior. This kind of result is typical when you ship a redesign of some part of your product. The new design improved on the old one in several ways, but these improvements didnt translate all the way through the funnel.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. It will be important that your CTO can execute on big projects, too, hacking away to build an amazing product that is agile. Have an account? Danny Wong , Blank Label Group, Inc.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

They take things like unit testing, design documents and code reviews more seriously than any other company Ive even heard about. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Focus on launching.

Agile 76

Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment 76

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

You get increasing growth by optimizing the viral loop , and you get revenue as a side-effect, assuming you have even the most anemic monetization scheme baked into your product. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Joining the already strong “AI & Machine Learning” and “Health Med & BioTech” categories this year are “Robotics & Hardware,” “Social & Cultural Impact,” and “Speculative Design.” For 2019, finalists come from Australia, India, Sweden, France, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and the UK.

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United Arab Emirates Technical Review Switzerland Hawaii 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? Platform selection and technical design - if your business strategy is to create a low-burn, highly iterative lean startup, youd better be using foundational tools that make that easy rather than hard.

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

Cracking the Code

MAY 2, 2019

The second is to demonstrate the reach of the product. We’ll also want to look at someone’s previous work, and what they’ve been posting on GitHub (or Dribble for designers). There are currently over 20 squads, across products and focus areas from APIs to analytics. That is a very powerful statement.

Part-Time VPE 48

Part-Time VPE Engineer Retention API 48

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help) Ive been asked to speak this year at the Web 2.0 Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board 68

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Ravikant explains that this feature is designed to encourage more startups to raise funding from legitimate investors via AngelList. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. And the lead investor has to be putting in at least $100,000 in capital, says Ravikant. Powered by Personforce.

SEC 61

SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Thats the conclusion Ive come to after watching tons of online products fail for a complete lack of customers. Our goal is to find out whether customers are interested in your product by offering to give (or even sell) it to them, and then failing to deliver on that promise. Nothing made any difference.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

The results of the Customer Development process may indicate that the assumptions about your product, your customers and your market are all wrong. They tell them to persist in their dream of building a great product and/or company, no matter what the odds are or what the market might be telling them – success is just around the corner.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. July 15, 2009 11:18 PM markmontgomery said.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

When we build products, we use a methodology. We know some products succeed and others fail, but the reasons are complex and the unpredictable. This is a self-published book, originally designed as a companion to Steves class at Berkeleys Haas school of business. a roadmap for how to get to Product/Market Fit."

Customer Development 168

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. He has a good team, and theyve shipped a working product to many customers.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Hockey Stick 105

Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105