YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

” In many respects, technology acts as the great leveler, opening up global trade that was once the exclusive preserve of large multinationals.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

There are many analogies here for software development. He got people to do bootlegged mixtapes in new york, france and new zealand. He created demand. Sometimes he didn’t even have the product when he announced it but the hype would get him focused on what he had to produce. Cham had other ideas.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2011

In France, the decline was 4% – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Interesting perspective about possible problems at Twitter – [link]. TV advertising is back, says @edwardboches – [link]. Eye-Catching Print Ads - [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time).

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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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Really smart and fresh advertising by IKEA in France - [link]. HOW TO: Set Up a Q&A Website in Minutes – Best Options Reviewed & Compared - [link]. 15 Experimental Free Fonts - [link]. Unreal - [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2009

For those whove heard it, it contains a length discourse on the subject of agile software development and extreme programming, including its weaknesses when applied to startups. I had a background in lean manufacturing (book knowledge, anyway) and lean software development (hands on) before encountering Lean Startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. After all, the worst kind of waste in software development is code to support a use case that never materializes. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On deployment My favorite question to ask a software development team is "how do you do a release." How long does the software sit un-deployed? Software is generally always getting better or getting worse. How fast do they iterate? Does it require weeks of QA?

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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. In traditional batch-and-queue development, these two concepts are linked.

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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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Can this methodology be used for startups that are not exclusively about software?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software. a guide for hackers) You buy virtual goods The free software hiring advantage Continuous deployment and continuous learning The lean startup @ Web 2.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

You cant make these global efficiency improvements until you get clear about the goal of your development process. That leads to a seemingly-obvious question: what is progress in software development? anonymous - Do you know how many man hours are wasted on writing software that users said they wanted but didnt use?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

This builds on a lot of great thinking that has come before, like the agile movements insistence that only the creation of working code counts as progress for a software development team. a guide for hackers) You buy virtual goods The free software hiring advantage Continuous deployment and continuous learning The lean startup @ Web 2.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

It is becoming easier and cheaper for companies to bring products to market, leveraging free and open source software , cloud computing, open social data (Facebook, OpenSocial ), and open distribution (AdWords, SEO). Agile software development. Agile allows companies to build higher quality software faster.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

We might be a ways away from the reality of a Chief Engineer or Product Director role commonly in software development, but ultimately it's going to be a matter of getting the culture right so that people stick around long enough to develop not only the tactical skills, but also the honed instincts and senses.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Agile Vancouver : Lean Development for Lean Times On Tuesday April 21st, we are hosting an afternoon event on the application of Lean Principles to software development. This workshop brings together leading thinkers from Lean Production and Lean software. Please register to attend this event as space will be limited.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next. The breakthrough idea of agile is that software should be built iteratively, with the pieces that customers value most created first.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Our CTO is the CEO himself, but he lacks the understanding of the new software development processes and the new technologies. In school I was being pounded day and night with anything that has to do with agile software development. In this group, I am the only technical guru with very little industry experience.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Ship new software at a dizzying pace: multiple times a day while improving quality and lowering costs. and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Choosing Between Mobile and Native Apps One of the resounding themes for mobile software developers in 2011 is the debate between building a native app or building a mobile web app. While some developers are looking at ways to build hybrid solutions , this is a topic that continues to become more complex. startupcto

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Even if men have an innate advantage at software development, the gap would have to be massive in order to explain why startup after startup has an all-male team. Even if men have an innate advantage at software development, the gap would have to be massive in order to explain why startup after startup has an all-male team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. However, a commitment to quality alone is not enough.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

Its an essential discipline of good software development, especially in startups. Nonetheless, I want to talk about a dysfunction Ive seen in several startups: they are literally refactoring themselves to death. Heres a company I met with recently. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Furthermore, I think most of what you are suggesting is applicable in companies/ industries that are not software development. It's so old and so buggy that it's a real pain to ship 3D software on it. I have not read the previous post(s) on 5 why's (about to now though.), Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

When youve mastered that, consider adding operations, customer service, marketing, product management, business development - the idea is that when the team needs to get approval or support from another department, they already have an "insider" who can make it happen. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. Software Development Engineer, Senior-IEB-Commercial Services (795929) Job -. APG - Associate - Application Developer (NON ALADDIN) -. Enlarge Image Close. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has about 57% of the voting power. From Andreessen Horowitz, Words of Warning. POST A JOB.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition.

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