The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

The San Francisco-based company made do with $50 million to build its product from scratch to current iteration. To build a replica of the e-commerce platform Shopify , Mathews estimates it would cost between $250,000 and $300,000 with highly-skilled designers, developers and product people. 7) Shopify.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development. I used to give copies of Four Steps out to my employees, in the hopes that it would instantly indoctrinate them into the methodology of Customer Development.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Customer development is a parallel process to product development, which means that you dont have to give up on your dream. Our goal in product development is to find the minimum feature set required to get early customers. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. This is a common mistake.

Customer Development 168

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence. That institution will touch many people in its life: customers, investors, employees, and everyone they touch as well. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

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. Good luck, engineering manager. It was painful for a lot of people.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Anyone who has worked in a real-world product development team can tell you how utopian that sounds. Every two months, the company would have a big end-of-milestone meeting, with our Board of Directors, Business Advisory Board, and all employees present. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

Advisory Board 151

Advisory Board Customer San Francisco Lean 151

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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.

Agile 60

Agile Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

Not to be outdone, the technologists on the team had also brought their big guns, and the meeting was packed with employees of every level – from VP’s all the way down to me. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. As the meeting progressed, the temperature kept rising. Bring your questions.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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.

Lean 76

Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment 76

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Research says that those who engage in hobbies are likely to be better problem solvers (San Francisco State University) and that most managers (82%) aren’t very good at leading people (Gallup). However, it actually saves the business money, especially if I take a few employees with me, and it’s a great talking point.

San Francisco 153

San Francisco Cofounder Leadership Chicago 153

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

The same has been true of an unfortunate number of startups, they manage to generate a lot of hype, raise a lot of money, and sometimes make some of their investors, employees, or founders rich. Use some customer development to find out. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. They dont really create value. Bring your questions.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder 60

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

You can give advice about applying Lean Startup ideas to business areas other than product development. Jocelyn Wyatt and Tendai Charisika both gave specific examples of how getting out of the building had yielded surprising results. Last year, Stephanie Hay and Leah Busque both talked about Lean Startupping their marketing processes.

Lean 165

Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Dedication: At a typical organization, dedication of its employees is important. be the manager and product developer). Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. But at a startup, it’s critical.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 23, 2009

Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Audio 167

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Soon, I promise. Soon, I promise.

San Francisco 118

San Francisco DC Startup Lean 118

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Over-communicate with employees, investors, customers. Ive also used the voluntary salary reduction tool - its particularly useful as a way to get passionate employees who dont have a lot of personal expenses to buy into the mission of the company at a deep level. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Dont sugar coat.

Lean 121

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 121

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In fact theyd cause there to be more jobs for Americans, because the companies they started would hire more employees as they grew. In fact theyd cause there to be more jobs for Americans, because the companies they started would hire more employees as they grew. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Founder DC Washington 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

Yet, the real stories of successful startups are full of activities that can rightly be called institution-building: hiring creative employees, coordinating their activities, and creating a company culture that delivers results. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. The word institution connotes bureaucracy, process, even lethargy.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Startup Lean Continuous Deployment 168

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Based in San Francisco with 13 employees, CEO Zach Coelius. -A -Currently has 1.8mm users and adding about 15,000 users/day. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Competitors: Gowalla. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

San Francisco 248

San Francisco Venture Capital Analytics Government 248

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It isnt until a customer actually clicks or calls to place an order that TPGTEXs developers will build the software. "We We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco 137

San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment 137

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 23, 2009

Priority will be given to employees of companies participating in the fbFund REV program, but I am confident that there will be room for members of the general public who want to attend. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Best of all, I got word they are specially opening this event up to you, dear readers. Bring your questions.

Lean 74

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 74

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

For example, I often cite a real example of a problem that has as its root cause a new employee who was not properly trained. I pick that example on purpose, for two reasons: 1) most of the companies I work with deal with this problem and yet 2) almost none of them have any kind of training program in place for new employees.

San Francisco 164

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. The rule is simple: every employee is 100% responsible for how they spend their time. The suggestion is that you implement one single company-wide rule. I asked why.

Employee 146

Employee San Francisco Lean Software Review 146

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 31, 2009

Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

Because this radical notion of progress is located firmly in the heads of its employees, and not in any artifacts they produce, the lean startup is employee-centric and knowledge-obsessed. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Its unit of progress is that of validated learning about its customers. Bring your questions.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

One of the sayings I hear from talented managers in product development is, “good enough never is.&# And, most importantly, it helps team members develop the courage to stand up for these values in stressful situations. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. It works to undermine excuses for poor or shoddy work.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

On the one hand, it gives you insight into what kind of employee the candidate might be. The technical interview is at the heart of these challenges when building a product development team, and so I thought it deserved an entire post on its own. Still, a startup product development team is a service organization.

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Lean Agile Java 146

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

We eventually discovered (via five whys ) that we also had to get each new employee acculturated to a fearless way of thinking. Because this was such a big cultural change for most new employees, we didnt leave them to sink or swim on their own. For one, it required us to keep our developer sandbox setup procedure simple and automated.

Continuous Deployment 131

Continuous Deployment San Francisco Software Review Lean 131

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Then I wouldnt have the chance to work with the incredible employees and mentors from whom I learned so much. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. And yet, missing out on these trends wasnt the end of the world. If I had joined Google early, Id never have had the opportunity to be part of the founding of IMVU. Bring your questions.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

A: have them deploy code to production on their first day as an employee. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 60

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 128

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Also SJ's obsession with better taste (positively) contributes to the overall product development process. There are some good anecdotes about Chief Engineers in the Toyota Product Development Book. The videos are Steve explaining the company's path forward to Next employees. Will start to pay attention.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

They spend so much of their time trying to convince everyone around them that their idea is great and the company is doing well: employees, investors, partners, friends, family, significant others - its a long list. Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Customer Development : a disciplined approach to finding out if there is a market for your product before its too late. Customer Development Engineering : techniques for accelerating your product development. Combining agile development with customer developm. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

San Francisco 117

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 117