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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Do you fix bugs before writing code? Completely necessary.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their One Prediction for Business in 2022

Hearpreneur

To prevent hackers from gaining access to your business's checking account, use low-cost software and dual controls to strengthen your payment processes. Press releases are becoming less successful, partly due to the difficulty of obtaining earned media. Photo Credit: Ernests Embutniek. Thanks to Michael Ziarko, No More Chores ! #3-

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Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective.

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Growth strategies for marketplaces: key takeaways from a fireside chat on growth

Version One Ventures

Just a decade ago, most software/cloud startups used a traditional model where product and marketing were siloed: product teams created the product and marketing drove people to the website to buy it. New platforms as distribution tools. Today, it’s common to see entire growth teams and a dedicated growth PM.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? I dont think so.

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The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

ConversionXL

It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. For example, in 2021 accounting software platform Bill.com acquired spend management tool Divvy in order to increase its market share. Product development. New channels.

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What Do Diversity Hiring and Work From Home Jobs Have in Common?

Transformify

These days, due to coronavirus outbreak, many businesses have asked their employees to work from home. At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world.

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