crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Increase Trust for a Landing Page Design – [link]. Better Agile Than Smart – [link]. Six Myths of Product Development – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

If your practice is not designed to cope with uncertainty, it has no place in a startup - even if your startup is located in government or enterprise. bigs : @ericries says Stealth dev is a (undesirable, failure-presaging) customer-free zone. LeanStartup Of course, a big enabler of those kinds of mistakes is stealth-mode.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder 60

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Five Whys is designed to avoid these nebulous arguments. Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 15comments: Anonymoussaid. I feel like I would have to introduce this by stealth. In fact, even the investigation itself is considered too much work. Leave your thoughts in a comment. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 164

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Insist on high levels of usability, UI design, and polish. 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. Conduct constant focus groups and usability tests.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment 150

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

It forces the designers, editors, merchandisers, IT team, and everyone in between to trade tawdry sensational stories delivered via slow-loading, pain-inducing pages, for a focus on customer (not advertiser) delight. . " But if you want to be an agile, nimble competitor, it is a discussion you have to have. So do the right thing.

Metrics 152

Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Dont underestimate the importance of Minimum Viable Design. Your first product will likely be just a little bit ugly, and thats okay — its part of getting to market quickly and testing your idea in front of live customers. Not Embracing Agility. "If Most features/options/buttons/settings/etc. Hiring Poorly.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111