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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? 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.

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Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

Alas, they arent published in a dead-tree medium yet, so I cant say something like "they are the essential reference on my bookcase." Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything. I say this as a founder: the contribution of founders is always overestimated. Even VCs do it.

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

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This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. Often, in very young organizations, those people are simply the founders. Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization.

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

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If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here. Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuous deployment is a must-see; slides are here.

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Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference. I am grateful to everyone who helped make this event a success, especially my co-organizers Charles Hudson and David Sachs. Its in reverse-chronological order, so start with page 3 or just use Seans handy reference.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

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It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. These founders have not managed, to borrow a phrase from Steve Blank , to create a scalable and repeatable sales process. More on that in a moment. They are close to breakeven.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" I am very impressed and will use this and a direct reference many times. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Thats an important job, for sure, and Ive been called upon to do it from time to time.

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