YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

In light of this, software developers are beginning to cater to the digital transformation needs of SMBs. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software. Solutions aimed at SMBs are more widely available.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

They are allowed to develop organically which, unfortunately, can have some negative consequences well into the future. As informed by agile software development , some of the basic ideas behind running a startup the agile way include: Welcoming change. Will you be hiring seasoned veterans or only young, hungry people?

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

web development projects. Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients. Hire them 8 hours at a time and review daily by skype, g hangout. Ron, Thanks for the info.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Or something. ”Yes, but… ” Those who have spent much time in the developing world are likely accustomed to dealing with this sort of frustration on a daily basis. For example, in an area known for a high crime rate, security guards can be hired and other measures taken.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2011

You've built up some kind of a relationship over time--because recruiting (as opposed to hiring ) is a long term game. You have development practices in place (Agile, Scrum, test driven, etc). You actively contribute to open source projects as part of your development. See the Joel Test.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Use it to manage the hiring process, to keep track of investment and fundraising projects, to manage deals, and much more. At Palo Alto Software, we use it to manage our editorial calendar and the web development queue. This tool will suit a wide variety of businesses. Don’t have a website or blog?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Joel said it: "Top notch development teams dont torture their programmers."

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View from Seed

AUGUST 5, 2014

We started the process of building our company culture early, before we hired any employees, by writing down our desired values. Hiring: We look for people oriented towards (even obsessed with) learning and growth. Personal Development Budget: For the first year of Change Collective, as founders, we took no salary.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. I met one recently that is working on a really innovative product, and the stories I heard from their development team made me want to cringe.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 21, 2015

I’m only up to episode 5 of the first series (late convert) but already Erlich has saved the day with an off-the-cuff speech to a key investor about the company’s vision and Jared has implemented a scrum development process without which they would have missed a key deadline. Erlich and Jared don’t get along.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

To support the three Cs, ING has also developed their own iterative practice named PACE. Describing the development of this methodology, Ignacio explained, “We just sat down together and said, ‘Well, let's look at what we're doing. LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. Second, don’t simply hire your buddies.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Like a financial debt, the technical debt incurs interest payments, which come in the form of the extra effort that we have to do in future development because of the quick and dirty design choice. Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 31, 2016

Speed of product development, of brand-building, of customer acquisition, of team-building and talent aggregation. They set goals like “growing 5% next year” or “hiring a new salesperson” or “redesigning the email newsletter.” Like Uber raising $8.7 billion over 7 years. Or Airbnb raising $2.3 billion over 8. Dream a little.

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SVPG

JULY 31, 2013

The surprising thing is that the accomplishments I feel proudest of today are not the actual products I helped create, but rather, the many people across our industry I have helped to hire and develop. I love seeing them creating exceptional products, and leading great organizations of their own. I believe in continuous improvement.

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adam.heroku.com

MAY 18, 2012

How To Scale a Development Team. An equally important challenge in a growing business is scaling your development team. Most technology companies hit a wall with dev team scalability somewhere around ten developers. Most technology companies hit a wall with dev team scalability somewhere around ten developers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

These categories came from Yonder conference , a conference held to discuss just such challenges and solutions: hiring and onboarding. Hire those you trust. Solution #1: At least once a week have a scrum meeting that absolutely everyone prioritizes. After the scrum, if time allows, hang out and catch up. legal issues.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

For starters, theres whole volumes that need to be written about how to actually find and hire the people your startup needs. But most startups succeed in hiring, one way or another, and are still left with the problems of organizing the people that rapid growth brings in. At IMVU, we found 60 days was just about right.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

So hiring the right people is the single most important thing we do at Wooga. We believe in the mantra, “If in doubt, don’t hire.” They develop a prototype that can be reviewed and most importantly, play tested. We have specialized meetups for backend development, frontend development, game design, business analytics and art.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In this episode, Peter and Jonathan discuss Kaizen, Kanban, and Scrum methodology and how they can be applied to small businesses. Atlassian: A Brief Introduction to Scrum. Forbes: Scrum is a Major Management Discovery . Is it good to develop a spirit of Kaizen in your company? You do Scrum every week.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

Thats the essence of so many of the lean startup techniques Ive evangelized: customer development , the Ideas/Code/Data feedback loop , and the adaptation of agile development to the startup experience. Creating a company-wide feedback loop that incorporates both customer development and agile development is a challenge.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres something I can relate to: We used assembla for subversion, scrums, milestones, wikis, and for general organizational purposes. We had all the tools in place but we didn’t actually practice agile development. Scrum reports would come in once a month, nobody was actually responsible for anything.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Because then you’d miss out on: Whether it’s better experience to build a complete, tiny startup or to do more in-depth customer development for a meatier problem. So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. So I have a question for you, Jason. Patrick: Exactly.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s easier to use/develop with. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Codeacademy.

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