Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

For example, a site outage may seem like it was caused by a bad piece of code, but: why was that code written? Over time, we also made investments in making it easier to get a new engineer set up with their private sandbox, and even dealt with how to make sure they’d have a machine on their desk when they started.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. It was considered naive that the "next AOL" would ship a product that wasnt ready for prime time. Stealth is a customer-free zone. This is why agility is such a prized quality in product development. We can skip the chasm. Fail faster.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? A key aspect of our personal due diligence is then is assessing our partners, particularly learning how they react under stress." — Whitney Johnson , Co-Founder, Rose Park Advisors. All Rights Reserved.

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