Start Up Blog

MAY 8, 2016

If you work for a big company, there’s a good chance your IT department is rapidly moving from a Waterfall Methodology to Agile for software development. And if you don’t believe me check out this incredible resource: Agile in a Nutshell. Click here if on mobile to add now. .

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

This transformation encompasses leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence , cloud computing, data analytics, and mobile applications to enhance efficiency, agility, and innovation. The post Digital Transformation In Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). With a minimum viable product, your startup remains much more agile. Marty Zwilling.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In the very early days of any startup, the matters of company strategy , structure, culture and leadership are rarely formally addressed. They are allowed to develop organically which, unfortunately, can have some negative consequences well into the future. Improved adaptability. Putting the product/service on the market early.

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VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

VC’s were no longer insisting that startups spend faster, and “swing for the fences”. It was a nuclear winter for startup capital.” ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Agile Development: launch an MVP early and iterate quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). With a minimum viable product, your startup remains much more agile. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Eric Ries on Lean Startup methodology, via Wikipedia. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). Invested Interests agile entrepreneur lean startup pivot'

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2016

With tax filing deadlines right around the corner, and with tax planning still on everyone’s mind, I thought now would be the perfect time to remind entrepreneurs and executives in the software and tech space of an opportunity that could be the difference in ensuring the future success of their businesses.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Ryan had a vision for an integration web-based system to layer on top of all of this to help support and manage the software development process.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles. They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ?

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

So, here goes: Dr. Tony Karrer Over the past 15 years, Tony has been a part-time CTO for more than 30 startups. Select Startup CTO Speaking Topics Ten Lessons from Working on 30+ Startups Over the Past 15 Years Tony looks back over his experience working with startups and extracts elements that have led to success or failure.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2019

Scrum is a framework that is used by software development teams to address complex problems while delivering products of the highest value. Scrum is the most popular subset of the Agile methodology and is used by seventy percent of software teams around the world for project management. Is This You?

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. But they herald a sea change in what computers are capable of doing, how they do it, and what hardware and software is needed to do it. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features. But What Is It?

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

All of us know in software companies that scrum is the most significant agile methodology for handling software projects. Scrum is a lightweight agile process framework used primarily for managing software development. appeared first on The Startup Magazine. The requirement is changed in fast pace.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If you want to take your business to the next level, you should consider app development. Are you are a startup that needs to market your products and services ? Either way, custom software development is an effective way to build brand awareness and give your business a competitive edge.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

You always want to be careful with how tightly you schedule things to make sure you stay agile and responsive to evolving business needs, but you also need to make sure your overall journey makes sense and that you’re building things in the right order, as well as taking on risks in a measured way. We did that for a lot of reasons.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2012

This idea was well articulated by Paul Graham in an old essay, called “ Startups in 13 Sentences ” in which he talked about “making a few people really happy rather than making a lot of people semi-happy.” Agile assumes and plans for iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve as more is known and markets change.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2017

From marketing to product development, to new software tools and communications, the list is almost endless as to the digital transformations taking place. For startups looking to embrace digital disruption, this an introductory app builder and monitor is good way to get off the ground before scaling.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. As Lean Startup methods have been used now for a number of years, we’ve become increasingly interested in how companies use them to sustain growth. One good example is the way in which we''ve adjusted the length of different phases of our agile sprints.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

What happens when you have a really good developer is that a gap exists where you may not ask the right questions to specify the right system, consider appropriate 3rd party technologies, etc. Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Mik Kersten’s new book, Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework [IT Revolution Press, November 2018], based on two decades of research, spanning almost every domain of software delivery. trillion (IDC) that will be created annually through better software delivery.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. Jim Murphy is a long-time agile practitioner in startups. But startups sometimes have trouble applying agile successfully.

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research. 2) The agile "happy place". Agile teams sprint when value is known, implementation is low risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

This idea was well articulated by Paul Graham in an old essay, called “ Startups in 13 Sentences ” in which he talked about “making a few people really happy rather than making a lot of people semi-happy.” Agile assumes and plans for iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve as more is known and markets change.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

My experience with crowdSPRING over the past several years has proven to me that with few exceptions, startups and established companies should strive to keep their software features simple. Simple features allow you to release software more often and to iterate and leverage feedback from users. Briefly, those reasons are: 1.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? I was having breakfast with Radhika, an ex-grad student of mine who wanted to share her Customer Discovery progress for her consumer hardware startup. I told Radhika this is a perennial question for startups. ——-.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2020

In today’s ever-changing, highly competitive business climate, small startups and large companies alike are increasingly turning to outsourcing processes. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring? Put simply, offshore outsourcing means hiring a company to perform a service from a different part of the world.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We’ve made some cool additions to our pre-conference webcast lineup , including two conversations with founding figures for methods that underlie Lean Startup. Indeed, rapid cycles lead to very short release times and low costs of change.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. Importantly we also discussed: should startups raise small amounts of money or large? how should you organize teams in a startup? 01:17 Background, before the Lean Startup.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve spent my life in innovation, eight startups in 21 years, and the last 15 years in academia teaching it. And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

After getting up at 5, having a delightful run at 6, walking Brooks, and then hanging with Amy for four minutes, I got in my car and drove over to Rally Software for their Big 1% Give Back event. Part of that vision became the agile software development products that Rally makes. My day started out great.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. But it''s quite different working for large firms than it is with startups. I (and TechEmpower ) have worked with IBM, HP, Xerox, etc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st A surprising number of respondents in the latest Lessons Learned survey hail from one of the flourishing startup hubs in Canada. This workshop brings together leading thinkers from Lean Production and Lean software.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Next semester on the Department of Computer Science of the Catholic University of Chile professor Rosa Alarcón ( @ruyalarcon ) and I ( @felixcl ) will be teaching a course based on the Customer Development Model developed by Steve Blank. The syllabus for the Stanford course can be seen here.

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