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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). People forgot that Fred also wrote “Web Second.” ” So I’ve had to encourage an entire cohort of startups that I’ve met not to ignore the power of the web. Thus I endorse Web Second. then mobile is awesome.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” The web is dying and will be replaced by “the App Internet.” As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 portfolios.

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How to Deliver More Software Projects On Time

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There’s an old joke in software development, “How much time does it take to design software?” If you’ve been involved with a number of software projects you already have an intuitive sense for this. In summary – I have been involved with software development for 25 years.

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If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing

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8:17 How did you decide to go with either shrinkwrap or web only product? 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. 1:05:35 Middle class job of the next generation: software development! Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome, our guest is Eric Ries, founder of the Lean Startup Movement. 00:45 Intro to Eric. 11:00 Mark on over-hyping PR.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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But your co-founder had been senior at one of the big enterprise software companies and if I remember correctly American Express had run a big pilot with you. And there is no short-cut, no collaboration tool, no spreadsheet, no web conference tool that can build trust even remotely as effectively as being in person. That wasn’t you.