Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim."
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. Whether they also lead to dramatically higher returns for investors is a question Im looking forward to studying. Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Worst of all, your teammates are constantly wanting to have meetings.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Just-In-Time Scalability At my previous company, we pioneered an approach to building out our infrastructure that we called "Just-In-Time Scalability." After all, the worst kind of waste in software development is code to support a use case that never materializes.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
It seems many startups these days are under a lot of pressure to outsource their development organization to save costs. There were a lot of questions about outsourcing/offshoring and startups. I havent had to work this model under those conditions, so I cant say anything definitive. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
[link] And - of course - going through [link] and reading up on the various different approaches different companies have (successfully) taken towards getting scalability at reasonably low cost. sadly, this blog forces you to use a google account. So, for reference, I am Adam, of [link]. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. It cost us a few hundred thousand dollars to get our app up and running, but none of that was dollars spent on software licenses or professional services. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. 1 comments: flixsterwidgettest said.
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