Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development. “I’m

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire CTO Technical Review 54

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

These days, due to coronavirus outbreak, many businesses have asked their employees to work from home. At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Prior to that he started and built a media company serving small businesses in the New York area. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John (00:08): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. That's workbetternow.com.

Offshore 65

Offshore America El Salvador Software Review 65

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes – [link]. How You Can Benefit from All Your Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Culture Code: Creating A Company YOU Love | by Dharmesh Shah – [link]. Ray Fisman-Harvard Business Review – [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. When a developer wants to check-in code, this is a very scary moment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

The Four Stages of Disruption | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1cN4HzJ. Amazon’s Current Employees Raise the Bar for New Hires – crowdspring.co/1fduDMI. The Dangerous Rise of “Entrepreneurship Porn” | Morra Aarons-Mele Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/JEtYpu. I hope you enjoy these links!

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Kang Health (2016) – HQ’d in New York and started by Allon Bloch, the former CEO of Wix.com, Kang Health wants to crowdsource health data to provide better information about health conditions, symptoms and treatments. Dragonera (2016) – AI based software development service. in seed round in November.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

When I want to know about some concurrency issues between services in his cluster, he doesnt blink an eye when I suggest we get the source code and take a look. Hes just as comfortable writing code as racking servers, debugging windows drivers, or devising new interview questions. He throws off volumes of code, and it works.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 23, 2012

Meet a crowdSPRING designer: 12 Questions: Meet Catherine Faletanoai (New Zeland) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Free Advice for: The New York Times iPad App – [link]. The Elements Of Navigation – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Our code pushes take another six minutes. Since these two steps are pipelined that means at peak we’re pushing a new revision of the code to the website every nine minutes. On average we deploy new code fifty times a day. Code reviews and pairing Great practices. Throwing out a lot of code.

Continuous Deployment 123

Continuous Deployment San Francisco Software Review Lean 123

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Re/code – crowdspring.co/1hYEli4. New Alphabet Illustrates 26 Of The Greatest Scientific Innovations [Pics] | PSFK – crowdspring.co/1vqNSaZ. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 10 Code Playgrounds for Developers – crowdspring.co/1jB2aSC.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2010

New York Times interview with Twitter VC @fredwilson – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. CrowdSPRING Review: Making Art Affordable via Globalization - [link]. Think you know all the hex color codes by heart?

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. How the New York Times can fight BuzzFeed & reinvent its future | by Om – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 94

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. Fundry – Crowdfunding software development – [link]. Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. Top 10 Sites to Help Develop Your Creative Side – [link].

Social Media 98

Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

10 essential tools to get your new web-app off the ground – [link]. Why software startups decide to patent … or not – [link]. Interesting perspective on why New York City could never compete in tech – [link]. Four social media lessons from the New York Times – [link].

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Wanted: High Frequency Performance Operations Specialist at Two Sigma Investments (New York, New York United States). Fog Creek explicitly recognizes that many good software engineers have no desire whatsoever to do "management" or to take on a formal personnel management role. Briefly: Level 8 is for interns.

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Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

How Much Traffic Do New York Times Links Generate | Entrepreneurs Unpluggd – [link]. The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself | Harvard Business Review – [link]. ” | Fast Code Design – [link]. ” | Fast Code Design – [link]. How To Stop Being Too Busy – [link].

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Twitter Is Now Worth About As Much As The New York Times – [link]. 17 Lessons Seth Godin Can Teach You About The NEW Marketing – [link]. Tragedy of The New York Time’s commons. 25 Funny T-Shirts for Designers and Developers – [link]. 25 Super Common SEO Mistakes – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

More founders reject VC money | Crain’s New York Business – [link]. Glaser-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

More founders reject VC money | Crain’s New York Business – [link]. Advertisers Must Be Inventors | Winston Binch – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Here’s How You Buy Your Way Onto The New York Times Bestsellers List | Forbes – [link]. 6 Secret (Until Now!)

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Tragedy of The New York Time’s commons. There is No New Media: It’s All New Consumption – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Review of Popular Web Font Embedding Services – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. is a new web magazine about how wordsmiths will survive in the 21st century – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Writer 2.0

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. is a new web magazine about how wordsmiths will survive in the 21st century – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Writer 2.0

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Fascinating visual look at the population of Asians in New York City – [link]. A Graphic Design Primer, Part 3: Basics of Composition – [link]. Wizards of bullshit: How Forbes turned $6.5

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

I was a developer so I could write code, but not blog posts. The Hacker Chick Blog ended up becoming one of the top agile software development blogs on the Internet. Believing in the science of natural health, we are passionate about our high-quality nutritional vitamins/supplements due to our extensive medical research.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Social Media 78

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2013

Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times – [link]. Well written Google Glass review from Engadget – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Well, He’s Not Going to Get Very Far - [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… New York. Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Forgot your username or password? Please try again later. The username entered is already associated with. another account.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

The New York Times Paywall Is Working Better Than Anyone Had Guessed | Bloomberg – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 12 New Free Fonts for your Design Projects – [link]. Econsultancy – [link].

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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.

San Francisco 164

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Over time, such teams either explode due to irreconcilable differences or dramatically slow down. As I found out to my dismay, this is a dangerous game: in many cases, you’re asking trained professionals to violate their own code of best practices, for the good of the company. Any excesses are likely to be moderated by others.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

Read the scenarios and give yourself points accordingly: 3 Points: You actually do not know any software developers. Examples could be (a) experience building Facebook games under the new notification rules or (b) knowledge of how to build exceptionally secure e-commerce sites.

Hiring 40

Hiring Technical Review Agile Software Review 40

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Sometimes I use Balsamiq, sometimes I code a prototype, doesn’t matter – just create something, then tell the world. I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned. How I can find the right investor (software)?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

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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