Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Please leave feedback!) Can you make a build in one step? Youd better.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

The human tendency to moralize about debt affects engineers, too. I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Side-effects that reduce agility are the most damaging symptoms of technical debt.

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SVPG

MARCH 10, 2016

For many years, as teams move to Agile methods (they usually start with Scrum), many companies decide to contract with or hire an Agile Coach. They understand the engineering and release side of things, but not the discovery side of things. Discovery Coaches are not unlike Lean Startup Coaches.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Its even more critical in lean startups when they need to manage growth. At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. Once an agreement is reached, the Chief Engineer continually watches to make sure that the functions are following through.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 15, 2011

Use Solid Agile Process for Estimating Development Timeline. Almost every software engineer I've ever worked with is irrational in how fast they believe they can build software. At my last startup we eventually started using a process called "scrum," which is basically a framework for managing agile engineering projects.

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SVPG

JUNE 5, 2015

NOTE: This article is a narrative version of a talk I’ve given for developers at the Craft Conference and for product managers and designers at Mind The Product. Finally the requirements and design specs make it to engineers. This is usually where Agile finally enters the picture.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

Thats the essence of so many of the lean startup techniques Ive evangelized: customer development , the Ideas/Code/Data feedback loop , and the adaptation of agile development to the startup experience. No engineering team. Metrics are people too" is a reminder I constantly needed when I was a manager. Those are only symptoms.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And I think how you think about that, whether you're a restaurant owner that didn't invest in curbside pickup, what can you do to, I'll call it, hack it or in an agile mindset, how do you think about bringing a way to be able to do curbside and do that well, and not just rely on the delivery folks to be able to support you? Let's go."

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Jesper Richter-Reichhelm is Head of Engineering at social games company Wooga. I also want to explain that it is possible to have a truly agile work environment based on small, autonomous teams. Normally as a company grows this changes as management layers are added, and work simply becomes less efficient. That works very well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, December 6, 2008 The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part three Those startups that manage to build a product people want have to deal with the consequences of that success. Scrum recommends 30 days; I have worked in one or two-week cycles up to about three months.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres something I can relate to: We used assembla for subversion, scrums, milestones, wikis, and for general organizational purposes. We had all the tools in place but we didn’t actually practice agile development. Scrum reports would come in once a month, nobody was actually responsible for anything.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2019

In 2013, I left a CTO job overseeing a 50-person product engineering team for the same job at a four-person startup. Upon arrival, I incorporated a few elements from my previous stop into this new endeavor, including a battle-tested Agile Scrum process and the corresponding technology. Manage Your Workflow — Or Else.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Scoping the prpject down to something manageable is really hard. I am starting a big web project, and have been thinking about how to break it down into manageable chunks. Would love to hear your insights sometime into how to partner with engineers. Especially the first section. Keep it small and affordable.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Part 4- Closing. Rand Fishkin. Start Spanish. Live Mocha.

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