bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

2010 03 /07 CATEGORY Uncategorized TAGS dev shops development getting it built software startups tech themoreyouknow View Comments [link] Victor Wong I would say that if you have a strong development team and need contract developers who can work well remotely and under your project manager, then you can also bring in a development shop.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Our engineers built a series of test tags, so you could quickly run a subset of tests in your sandbox that you thought were relevant to your current project or feature. We had a comprehensive set of unit, acceptance, functional, and performance tests, and practiced TDD across the whole team. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Most people are going to hear about the site for the very first time via an organic notification, when a friend signs up for the site (or tags them in a photo, etc). For example, consider a site like Facebook in its early days. No positioning exists yet in the mind of the prospect. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you haven’t figured out the ecosystem, growth is useless – whether it is a acquisition-only viral loop, like Tagged, or an advertising blitz like countless dot-bombs. This isn’t helpful either, as countless companies have shown. Let’s consider one last example, a sticky-growth company like eBay or World of Warcraft.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

But its exponentially more engaging to have each person tag their friends in each picture, because the notification is so much more interesting: "youve been tagged in a photo, click to find out which one!" Those customers get prompted to tag their friends in their photos. Positioning ( the battle for your mind ).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

We change the code to have all of the queries identified in step 3 tagged with the apporpriate entity URL that they affect. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2009

Filed under: Conservation | Tagged: Steve Blank « Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location SuperMac War Story 7: Rabbits Out of the Hat – Product Line Extensions » 14 Responses Michael Buckbee , on April 15, 2009 at 7:37 am Said: A couple random thoughts: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

If youre emitting HTML, as 99% of all PHP apps are, its just so damn convenient to throw in PHP tags along with your layout tags, all inline on the page. PHP encourages one of the worst programming heresies of all: intermixing code and presentation logic in a giant mish-mash. In most cases, simple changes are simple to make.

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