thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Most of Google’s products are launched in beta in small, often buggy patches. They even use their own product as a launch page, because they’re still in private beta! 4 Reach out to complimentary (not competing) startups. Paring with similar, but non-competing companies makes cross promotion easy and mutually beneficial.

Social Media 67

Social Media Stealth India Startup 67

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

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. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 13, 2008 Five Whys Taiichi Ohno was one of the inventors of the Toyota Production System. His book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production is a fascinating read, even though its decidedly non-practical. Each five whys email is a teaching document.

Software Review 167

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

When you’re working with a freelance or contract developer, make sure you have all your paperwork — from non-disclosure agreements to invoices and beyond — signed and sealed early in the process. TheyMakeApps.com is a good resource if you’re looking for a competent mobile dev agency.

Small Business 104

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

One of the topics that raised heated debate was whether I had conflated technical design with product design , because I made the admittedly counter-intuitive claim that sometimes good technical design actually leads to increased technical debt. 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

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Non-descriptive links: Having links like “Click here,” “website,” and “visit us here” are great ways to keep your profile looking natural. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Has a Not-So-Amazing Bing Product Placement. Productivity Lists. Mashable France. Vary the links you get with different keywords. Like Tweet.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The name-in-a-sans-serif look says your company has nothing to prove and that you focus on product over promotion. Howie at Sky Pulse Media My biggest question is this any different than non-web logo design. If it’s well-executed, it’s a powerful statement to make. Thanks for the roundup! Raaz Shrestha what a grand article.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The name-in-a-sans-serif look says your company has nothing to prove and that you focus on product over promotion. Howie at Sky Pulse Media My biggest question is this any different than non-web logo design. If it’s well-executed, it’s a powerful statement to make. Thanks for the roundup! Raaz Shrestha what a grand article.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The path I went down after a few years was to hire more process driven people and devolved more daily operational ownership to people running individual functions such as product management, sales management, finance, etc. But we created a patchwork of non-standard contracts that added to the overhead of managing a business as it scaled.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months. What’s going on?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Similarly, understanding that awareness is growing across the industry might prompt AirHelp to team up with a similar company (a non-competitor, but a relevant industry leader) to launch a dual campaign. On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to purchase [product] form us again? For how long have you been buying [your product]?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

It got me thinking about what decisions are essential when building a virtual goods product. These decisions cause problems that will challenge you for years, if you are lucky enough to be successful with your product. Most systems that come out of the video game world use subscriptions, as do products targeted primarily at kids.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

These decisions are critical to the success of any high-engagement product, and they take place entirely inside the minds of customers. The solution for app developers caught in this vicious cycle is to develop competency in positioning. Its the ultimate high-engagement product. Impressive. And yet, WoW never sends me emails.

Metrics 88

Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes. Truth be told, we've got defense contractors here just like California does too. It would be good to spread understanding on this issue.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. It took me a long time to understand that benefit of our product. This probably sounds illogical.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Remember that story I told about the three business school students telling me about their tech startup, leaving me to wonder who’d actually build the product? Just make sure to not violate any non-competes, etc, in the process! But at the end of the day, it is about a product being accepted. Same with Pets.com?

Cofounder 66

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Of course articles like these are going to inflame people because not everybody who is running their own business (or aspires to) wants to believe that you need to go all out to compete and win on a global scale. We built 4 products simultaneously to compete with the perceived need to offer end-to-end solutions like our US counterparts.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

A/B Tasty is yet another testing tool designed for the masses, this one hailing from France. ” Other Adobe products offer capabilities for marketing automation and email, media optimization, audience insights creating and delivering experiences across digital and television,and social. Most flexibility of any tool out there.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Conversion 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

And while many of the people bringing you the great applications and infrastructure you now rely on are benevolent, there is of course an inbuilt incentive for these companies to use their scale advantages to continue to dominate the markets they’re in, making it harder for upstarts to compete. It’s Hobbesian economics 101. Enter blockchain.

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