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It’s An Agile World

Feld Thoughts

One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” ” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software. I just read your post on Fixing the Obamacare site.

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How To Find the Right Co-Founders?

Steve Blank

“After reading your post on Why Founders Should Know How to Code it looks like web/mobile startups have it easy. Or if you’re building consumer electronics the key activities might be: low cost hardware design, high volume manufacturing, user interface design, consumer branding and retail distribution.

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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Agile Engineering” to have teams prototype, test, and iterate their idea while discovering if they have a profitable business model. I realized we were trying to conform to a lecture order optimized for web, mobile, hardware. “Customer Development” to test the hypotheses outside the building and.

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6 Values And Priorities That Investors Will Relate To

Startup Professionals Musings

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. They become frustrated with investors, senior executives, and even customers who don’t seem to “get it,” with the result that everyone loses.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses

Steve Blank

All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. There are two major channels: physical channels and virtual (web/mobile) channels. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators.

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Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free Im honored to announce that my Lean Startup session at the Web 2.0 Although Im not a developer, I am captivated by the lean and agile start-up model that you write about. The chance to not only be at the Web 2.0

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6 Keys To Translating Technology Into Business Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. They become frustrated with investors, senior executives, and even customers who don’t seem to “get it,” with the result that everyone loses.