Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 28, 2008
Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
These salesmen used their insight into what their customers really needed to make the sale and then deliver something of even greater value. They are gaining valuable customer data. This approach is fundamentally non-scalable. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.
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Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 8, 2009
When it becomes possible to build products "live" with customers, the cycle time changes and design becomes a much more dynamic process. We still struggle to create Firm software that is defect-free, and it still requires customer insight (and maybe some customer development) to discover what will Delight.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 13, 2009
Many of the startups I talk to - and their boards - seem to equate ability to "hit the schedule" with competence and productivity. Even worse, and unlike their established counterparts, startups often experience a non-quantifiable cost of delay. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
His book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production is a fascinating read, even though its decidedly non-practical. Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I started my last company with 100% off-shore resources because I could never have completed Customer Development at a reasonable cost of money or regulatory burden had I employed US Citizens. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 24, 2009
As notification channels get stuffed full of these messages, customers tune them out (or platforms have to put in place dramatic limits on access). The solution for app developers caught in this vicious cycle is to develop competency in positioning. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.
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