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. But what about Commodity?

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Transformify

APRIL 13, 2020

Most people associate DHL with logistics, and few are aware of the fact that DHL ESS team develops Enterprise Software Solutions. Ivelin Ivanov, Director of Development at DHL Enterprise Software Solutions, added: “In the last years we have been working entirely on TMS and can show great results already.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments. When we ship product. We will do that. Time will tell. Obviously.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. I'd approached Advanced Millennium Technologies, to develop our ERP software, last September.

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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.

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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.

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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. Select and Test Video Conferencing Software.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.” despite having lots of competitors.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Quite the opposite. I move on.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Quite the opposite. I move on.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Global market snapshot The world now has 10 software and cloud giants worth more than $100B, representing $4.1T in other major hubs (France, UK, Germany). of market capitalization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Before you think I was a complete nerd, in addition to making money selling software, which I did at 15, 16 years old, I also made money throwing keg parties. So Small Talk was a big object-oriented programming language, and a bunch of people from our company went to work at Small Talk, and they all went into the software industry.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

Our Instagram account attracts aspiring photographers; our Pinterest following caters more towards females; Twitter attracts those interested in our product releases and news stories. It can trawl the internet for mentions of your business or products. Knowing this, we share relevant content and grow distinct communities.”.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. As we discussed the potential of the market, I suggested him to expand the product platform to address markets beyond France.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He stood up, grabbed the mic and gave a heartfelt overview of his experiences in experimenting with new technologies to build relationships with his audience, get feedback on his product quality and to market his music all the way to the top of iTunes. There are many analogies here for software development. Cham had other ideas.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.) from France.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2012

Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas and building a minimal viable product. I could have gone to Nice (France) or Minsk or Bergen (Norway), but the event in my hometown was a lot easier to get to. That is where I come in. I signed up for this past weekend in St.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2011

The image above is a fun look at what logos would say if they truly reflected the experience on those sites or with those products. Design is Product, Product is Design - [link]. In France, the decline was 4% – [link]. Design is Product, Product is Design - [link]. Designing For iPad - [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 Thoughts on scientific product development I enjoyed reading a post today from Laserlike (Mike Speiser), on Scientific product development. I agree with the less is more product development approach, but for a different reason. So dont just kill the feature - iterate.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The approved projects involve innovations in the areas of life sciences, healthcare IT, electronics, software and energy. The BIRD Foundation promotes collaboration between Israeli and American companies in various technological fields for the purpose of joint product development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. software. (10). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Software 2.0: Cracking The Code. Monday, January 16, 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Now I’m in France. I have a really productive head of products cranking out code.&#. When you’re on the road all the time you’re not as productive. You think that everybody is marveling at your travels, your stories, your airplane layovers, your new friends and your photo from the South of France.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Chipmaker Intel Corp has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap. Telmap powers mapping applications for a number of mobile operators, including Orange, Telefonica’s O2 and SFR in France. ISRAELI RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY KEY TO INSULIN PRODUCTION. INTEL BUYS ISRAELI MOBILE NAVIGATION FIRM TELMAP. More on Globes.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2011

In France, the decline was – 4% [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. An Interview With Twitter’s Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass – [link]. YouTube starting to roll out a live service – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months. This condition makes it much easier for teams to innovate, experiment, and achieve sustained productivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Quite the opposite. I move on.

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Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Device Ident is a startup founded in 2012 and sells online fraud prevention software as well as services since January of this year. Sales is focussed on Europe, specifically the DACH region, UK, France, Sweden and Russia. . We expect a high level of motivation to learn about the product. . Contact Roberto or drop me a line. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal. No more, no less.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2019

Even when you work from home, keeping a regular and strict schedule will increase your productivity and focus. Visit France for a few days with your sister? If you manage remote teams, consider using additional software tools to effectively lead your employees and keep your workflow on track. Being too flexible. Working alone.

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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. For software, the easiest batch to see is code. This is easiest to see in deployment.

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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.

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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. Project Manager Dice Holdings Software Engineer, Python, YouTube Google/YouTube Web Developer Yelp Inc.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The product is the star of the show.” And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? Google purchaed travel industry software company ITA Software for $700 million in July 2010. Google uses ITAs software to optimize its travel and flight search.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 2, 2019

Recruiting and retaining top talent is even more challenging for software engineers. The second is to demonstrate the reach of the product. Because our product is reasonably complex and requiring a good level of support, we find it beneficial to have people working closely together at least some of the time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. I know many people who think that software works like magic, but to me it actually was magic. hey eric, love the blog.

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