Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking. Less is more.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

But for every entrepreneur who has seriously considered the pluses and minuses of working with a dev shop in the context of the specificities of their business model, there are five who are hiring a dev shop because (a) they are lazy, (b) they don’t know any better, or (c) all of the above. Sometimes, it just makes sense.

Hiring 40

Hiring Technical Review Agile Software Review 40

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Government Continues To Embrace Crowdsourcing – [link]. Why you should have a co-founder – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Government Continues To Embrace Crowdsourcing – [link]. Why you should have a co-founder – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Government grants – Credit cards / debt. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Other sources of capital. I may iterate 3 times in one day.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. 4] Corollary: Avoid starting a startup to sell things to the biggestcompany of all, the government. We never even considered that approach.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. A company developing software would have to buy computers and license software from other companies and hire the staff to run and maintain it.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335