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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. Our open source counterparts who did solve the scale problem, had some serious hardware costs to deal with.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Just what is the CTO supposed to do?

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8 Must Have Tools For Your Next App Build

YoungUpstarts

Adding the right tools and automation, teams can design, test, build, and deploy software more agilely. An integrated workflow supports rapid deployment and flexible workflows. There are plenty of open source software and commercial software solutions that DevOps teams are using to accelerate app development. Automation.

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Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Startup Lessons Learned

Labels: agile , continuous deployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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

Startup Lessons Learned

The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. Expo (and a call for he.

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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

Labels: agile , continuous deployment , customer development , events , listening to customers , slides 3comments: Sean Murphy said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.