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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. One of the problems they run into is building a web site. and Balsamiq and throwing together a web site. .

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. Add onto that the incredible amounts of infrastructure code that we reused, and we were able to bring our product to market months earlier. To me on of PHPs best attributes is that its C for the Web.

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Why and When to Learn to Program

Spencer Fry

I wanted to be closer to the product. Not only should you learn programming to build your own ideas and because at the end of the day you can only rely on yourself, but implementing your own idea will lead to a better product. You're fooling yourself if you think you can lead product from a whiteboard or paper and pencil.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool.

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Is the incompleteness of your application hiding behind the term.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

To me KissMetrics looks like another case of Simplicitrite (a new disease among developers / entrepreneurs). Why on earth would I use their product when I already use Google Analytics (99% of the web developers do too)? The simplicity of a product is perceived differently by everyone. incomplete)?

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

But while you are small and lean, take advantage of everyone skills; if someone on your team is a great writer, have them take charge of your press releases and marketing content. be the manager and product developer). Developer – Most likely your product requires some engineering.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Ruby Toolbox. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Sinatra : Super easy to use, the only drawback is that you have to learn ruby setup your database. Web frameworks. Rails (Ruby).