Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Heres my diagnosis of his problem: He has some automated tests, but his team doesnt have a continuous integration server or practice TDD. And has the tension goes down, it will be easier to get the whole team (including the MBAs) to embrace TDD and other good practices as further refinements. Good luck, engineering manager.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

As an aside, I worked with JEGI two years ago and they did a fantastic job helping us sell Moreover Technologies to Verisign. They understand the media and online world, are well connected, and work diligently to get the job done. How companies use this data to improve a user’s online experience is the next game changer.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Neither Pablo or I have a technical background and therefore needed someone to build our product. Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

And in these particular examples, the scale achieved is astronomical — on the order of hundreds of millions or billions of users. Things like business white-papers or product reviews are perfect examples of informational traffic. Share this: Tags: consumer web , social media , social web , traffic. David Pakman.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. Ideas are worthless when theyre another spin on a web 2.0

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Example: “If its a new user, it takes them to this welcome page. Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. The translator rejects or approves.

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blog.stackoverflow.com

APRIL 20, 2010

OpenID, One Year Later We made a few key technology bets when we created Stack Overflow: OpenID Markdown ASP.NET MVC I covered Markdown, One Year Later in an earlier post, and now I’d like to turn my attention to the first item in the list: OpenID. We implemented support for up to two OpenID providers per user.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

Make a list of things the user is finding frustrating. Traditionally, we think about end users. How do those nouns relate to each other and how might users perceive them? Jaime Levy: Conducting Methodical Guerrilla User Research. Validated user research is about getting measurable results. book a hotel).

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2015

This is due to many reasons, mainly: a lack of credibility. plain old ‘ banner blindness ‘ Banner blindness is largely due to the fact that most people read in a F-shaped Pattern online: Image Source. million eye-tracking fixations from hundreds of sites to understand how people read on the web. doesn’t meet expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. I mention this because I believe the layered metaphor for technology development has served our industry well and even if you aren’t technical it’s an important concept for you to grasp.

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