Cloud, Hiring and Lean

How to Optimize SaaS Development Costs

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Follow lean product development strategy (MVP strategy). Lean product development strategy or MVP (Minimum Viable Product) refers to creating a product with core features and offering it to a specific audience to get feedback. Don’t hire full time, outsource your project. Use cloud backends like AWS or Azure.

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Cost Developer Azure Cloud

Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Fundamentally, lean startups do more with less, because they systematically find and eliminate waste that slows down value creation.

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Lean Hiring San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Amazing lean startup resources

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Amazing lean startup resources A year ago, there was no lean startup movement. I continue to believe that the explosion of interest in the lean startup has very little to do with me. If you are attempting to apply lean startup ideas in your own business - you are not alone.

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Lean San Francisco Wiki Startup

6 Tips For Starting A Business On A Budget

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

Lean Marketing. Utilize the Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS). There are subscription services like this for email, sales planning, CRM, project management, accounting and cloud storage. Cloud apps make it possible to pay a manageable fee each month that can be scaled up or down, as your needs change.

Software Review

Software Review Cloud Social Media Bootstrapping

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Maples Investments Image via Wikipedia Steve Blank and I had the opportunity to create a presentation about lean startups for Maples Investments. My path to lean startups began with Kent Beck and extreme programming.

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Lean San Francisco Agile Continuous Deployment

Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences – Distribution Channels

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We’re teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. Medical Device Distribution Channels in general are a sales team hired directly by the company. The class has talked to 1,780 customers to date.

Distribution

Distribution Channel Lean Intellectual Property

Lean Startup fbFund slides and video

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 6, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund slides and video As a follow-up to my previous post on my talk for fbFund at Facebook , there was enough interest in watching video of the talk that I have finally uploaded it using Apples MobileMe. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Lean Video San Francisco Continuous Deployment

10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents.

CTO Hire

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Angel Investor Public Relations

Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC

The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software.

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Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board

10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents.

CTO Hire

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup Angel Investor

Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. The Lean Startup fbFund Edition View more documents from Eric Ries. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Without further ado. Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder

Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. The Lean Startup is a practical approach for creating and managing a new breed of company that excels in low-cost experimentation, rapid iteration, and true customer insight.

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Lean Austin San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

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 Everyone else can register to come to both sessions for free, including the Lean Startup talk in the main conference. What does this mean for you?

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Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment

The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Agora Cloud Services. The Agora team started the week wondering whether they were 1) a true marketplace for cloud computing, where they provide both matching and exchange capabilities for real-time trading. Syllabus is here.

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Customer Business Model Nebraska Cloud

The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st

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.

Agile

Agile Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment

The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Now if you’re looking for an active plan that you can edit and adjust over time, you may want to consider creating a lean plan. Buy an external hard drive or organize cloud-based backups of your data. Desk or work table.

Software Review

Software Review Exit Strategy Technical Review Business Plan

Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

.” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Most principles of Lean Startup remain true, as described by Steve Blank in The Lean Startup Changes Everything : Business Plans are dead: Startups a series of hypothesis that need to be tested.

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Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate

The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I have a lot of good news to report on this front. You can click here to learn more.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review

Money Doesn’t Talk. Why Most Startups Aren’t Announcing Their Seed Financings

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Hiring Has Changed: Before the press was a way of generating interest for hiring. Party rounds blew up on a number of startups who found it difficult to get ongoing operational support from investors who didn’t have time or inclination to lean in. What’s changed? The individuals and team managers have more sway.

Technical Review

Technical Review CTO Hire Finance Stealth

The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, June 9, 2009 The Lean Startup Tokyo edition I had a blast speaking at Startonomics Tokyo , which was organized to foster ties between the startup cultures in Japan and Silicon Valley. Since I learned much of what I know about lean from studying Toyota, you can imagine how great a shock this was.

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Lean San Francisco Japan Continuous Deployment

10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Gust

APRIL 20, 2014

VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents.

CTO Hire

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Angel Investor Public Relations

Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

VCs and angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents.

CTO Hire

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup Angel Investor

30 Entrepreneurs Share Their #1 Goal for 2022

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Initially, I would like to hire people from my neighborhood, with the goal of expanding to other communities in the future. Thanks to Sarah Kiran, Good Cloud Storage ! #14-

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Social Media Employee Los Angeles

Microsoft, Near Death, & Enterprise Cloud

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

This isn’t totally out of left field since they’ve had a close partnership for a year, but I tweeted my reaction: ” Microsoft buying Nokia core phone business strikes me as 0.5 + 0.5 = 0.6 “ What Microsoft needs is a near death experience so that they can reinvent themselves as an enterprise cloud company.

Cloud

Cloud Azure Phoenix Non-Compete

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe via email Blog Archive ▼ 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

Agile

Agile Software Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing has been very active in the Lean Startup movement. With case studies like this, we aim to illustrate specific Lean Startup techniques through the stories of current practitioners. kaChing has been very active in the Lean Startup movement. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC

How to Treat Your Tech Startup Like a Profitable Business from Day One

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In many cases, tech startups can’t afford the expense of hiring a full-time accounting staff member. Cloud accounting solutions and other online financial tools can help startups to track spending without breaking the bank. . Establish Financial Goals. Stay Ahead of the Payments Curve .

Technical Review

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Finance

The Lean Startup Bundle

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 5, 2010 The Lean Startup Bundle People often ask me if they can buy "Lean Startup in a box" from me. People want to get started with Lean Startup but arent exactly how. Its called the " The Lean Startup Bundle " and it is available this week only. Dont panic.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Beware the new hire who has "extensive experience" in startups or big companies - using a different growth driver. Be-double-ware of the new hire who has "years of industry experience in multiple companies" all in a different growth driver. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire

30 Money Saving Tips For Your Business

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Use Open Source and Cloud Computing. For most things you need to do, you can find an open source and/or cloud version of it. “You do not need to buy that expensive office software and servers when you can switch to a cloud vendor-Google is an example-at a fraction of the cost,” says Ali Asadi of aprofitmaker.com.

South Africa

South Africa Software Review Green Technical Review

The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, June 2, 2010 The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review) I continue my series for Harvard Business Review with the Lean Startup technique called Five Whys. Techniques from lean manufacturing can be part of a startups innovation culture. Speed up or slow down? Expo SF (May.

Technical Review

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

Software Review

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

No departments

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

The team hired only the best and the brightest. They either had to hire a developer onto the art team itself (unthinkable) or learn those development skills themselves (which was, to be fair, really hard). The team hired only the best and the brightest. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

Technical Review

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review

Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

I owe it originally to lean manufacturing books like Lean Thinking and Toyota Production System. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

San Francisco

San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment Development Team Review

Four myths about the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 18, 2010 Four myths about the Lean Startup Myth: Lean means cheap. Lean startups try to spend as little money as possible. Truth: The Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Myth: The Lean Startup methodology is only for Web 2.0/internet/consumer

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup

Founder personalities and the “first-class man” theory of management

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Our modern philosophy of management has this core belief (taken straight from scientific management) at its heart: that the performance of companies is determined by the systems they create, not just the people they hire. If you’re part of the Lean Startup movement, then you’re actually making it happen. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Management Founder Lean

Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

Continuous Deployment

Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean

Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) Eventually, I came to summarize these themes with the phrase " the lean startup." Lean is one of the major trends shaping our world, and its impact goes beyond just optimizing our supply chains.

San Francisco

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO

Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Great to read posts about introducing lean approaches into more teams. Im currently introducing lean to my new team. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Ive played the role of that product manager before and it isnt fun. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

San Francisco Management Software Review Product

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

February 17, 2010 1:09 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Expo SF (May.

Demand

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

One major theory that has influenced the way I think about processes comes from Lean Manufacturing , where they use these same techniques to build cars. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

Customer Development

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer

How to Optimize SaaS Development Costs

Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Trending Sources

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Amazing lean startup resources

6 Tips For Starting A Business On A Budget

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences – Distribution Channels

Lean Startup fbFund slides and video

10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st

The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Money Doesn’t Talk. Why Most Startups Aren’t Announcing Their Seed Financings

The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

30 Entrepreneurs Share Their #1 Goal for 2022

Microsoft, Near Death, & Enterprise Cloud

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond"

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

How to Treat Your Tech Startup Like a Profitable Business from Day One

The Lean Startup Bundle

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

30 Money Saving Tips For Your Business

The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review)

Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

No departments

Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Four myths about the Lean Startup

Founder personalities and the “first-class man” theory of management

Why Continuous Deployment?

Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Lessons Learned: About the author

Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

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