Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. That’s a lean business plan.

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ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

On the other hand, if your team is familiar and comfortable using no-code tools, Webflow might be a great option. If you’re a lean startup just starting, there’s much less inertia to overcome. Before no code design tools came along, designers had to rely on front-end developers to implement everything. Image source ).

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. This typically includes reviewing financial reports, overseeing budgets, managing overall financial planning, and more. But there comes a time when bringing on executive leadership is the reasonable and right next step.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) Over at Harvard Business Review, Ive been building up a series designed to introduce the Lean Startup methodology to a business-focused audience. Defective prototype code was as often thrown out (because customers didnt want it) as it was fixed (when customers did). Are we going too fast?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Now, since all of this happens organically, tracking referral purchases gets pretty difficult (if not impossible) without having referral marketing software in place. Additionally, you can also request reviews or to conduct case studies with happy customers, turning your referrals into broader onsite marketing copy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

If engineers want more time to spend making their old code more pretty, they are invited to do so on the weekends. The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.) The current code is spaghetti, but the new code will be elegant. Its become "legacy code" and part of the problem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on. Kent is a significant figure in the field of software development. To his credit are Extreme Programming , jUnit, patterns, TDD , the list goes on. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

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. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

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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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Go lean with your planning. A startup is about execution and speed, so you need to start lean. Alex understood he knew next to nothing about software development and engineering, so he searched for an engineer. One of the top reasons startups fail is due to their team. You don’t have to be good at everything.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 16, 2018

The successful sales teams of the future will lean on these to win more deals: Personalized mobile apps. Plenty of sales fall through due to issues beyond the salesperson’s control, and those issues are often a result of the company’s product or service. Smart search. Not all sales tools are created equal, though.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months. When a developer wants to check-in code, this is a very scary moment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

If you’re moving slowly or have yet to implement search engine optimization (SEO) strategies as part of your overall marketing efforts, you’re falling behind your competitors. You can learn more about setting goals in our post on Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals. Define Conversions Properly. That’s a dangerous assumption.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. For software, the easiest batch to see is code.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Game streaming continues to grow in 2021 – According to StreamElements 2020 year in review , game streaming broke new records in 2020. Companies like iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, and Spotify are investing in and leading the evolution of audio, focused on music streaming (on-demand and lean-back modalities), podcasting and content production.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Each specialist takes up his part of the spec (UI, middleware, backend) and cranks out code. So the product manager winds up actually having to use the software, by hand, updating the spec and helping create a new test plan. In exchange, the team agrees to show each piece of working code to the product manager for his approval.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In my book, “ The Four Steps to the Epiphany ” I use enterprise software as the business model example. His two key slides are at the end of this post but the details on his blog are worth reviewing. Your startup is an organization built to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Customer Development In Context.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

Just before the holidays I had coffee with Anne, an ex MBA student running a fairly large product group at a search engine company, now out trying to raise money for her own startup. I was in New York last week teaching my annual 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad class at the Columbia Business School.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. The same might be said of good software. Here we have the beginnings of a theory of design for software.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Start-ups are lean and designed to grow or scale up quickly. Your industry and the level of management that you’re meeting with may dictate the dress code to a certain extent, but the general rule is, the more senior you are, the better you should dress. However, a low budget doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice professionalism.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 8, 2016

” by Spencer Johnson to be overly simplified, the heart-warming tale of mice and little people learning to adapt under ever-changing conditions was exactly the push in the right direction that me and my wife needed to pack our bags and head off in search of personal growth and adventure. Lean on locals. Be honest with clients.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Whether you’re starting a home-based business due to financial considerations or for another reason, you can use this checklist to help you figure out firstly whether or not it’s the right option for you, and if so what you need to do to get set up officially, including creating a great working environment! Antivirus software.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. But there is more to technical debt than just the interest payments that come due. The failure of the feature had nothing to do with the quality of the code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. This shift allowed us to crank out working software quickly as a service.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

So while you keep an eye on your team, your customers, your marketing, your online activities, and your bottom line it is now also time to get ready for tax time, perform the year-end reviews, consider raises and bonuses, clean up the office, schedule holiday vacations, and plan the company party! Review your website. Clean up, now!

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Up and Running

JULY 8, 2016

If you’ve ever tried to start a software company or build a mobile app, you’ve probably come across these options for getting it out there: Find a technical cofounder. For the first year of my startup, I searched for a technical cofounder. I didn’t even know where to write code, or how to put an app on my iPhone.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link]. Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link]. Some ideas to help you stand out during your job search – [link]. Some ideas to help you stand out during your job search – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2023

Due to the economy's turning point, the growing trend of people working from home will likely continue next year. If you're not set up to give employees remote work, now is the moment to invest in software and technology. Thanks to Jamie Miller, Treadmill Review ! #23- Here's what entrepreneurs predict for business in 2023. #1-

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective. They take things like unit testing, design documents and code reviews more seriously than any other company Ive even heard about. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

For example, recently I was in the market for some transcription software. I headed to Google to search for “best transcription software” and read some blog posts that reviewed the best options. Leverages ABM software to tailor messaging and creative for specific named accounts at scale. most commonly popped up.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Due to this, I’ve opted to take four-day workweeks and/or during flexible hours. Recent studies have shown that due to the ongoing pandemic, online presence has risen exponentially in all sectors. 9- Focusing on lean operations. Despite being how basic it is, it’s still amazing how great health can boost one’s productivity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Your natural tendency when an investor says yes will be to relax and go back to writing code. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. Yet he still personally travels in his customers’ neighborhoods in search of deeper customer insights.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

I was the junior guy on a project team; I was called in to do some technical due diligence for reasons that were obscure to me, because the team already had much more senior engineers assigned to it. And like feedback on a simple microphone sound system, this would occasionally boil over into screeching.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review 164

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Before you begin using tactics to hit your goals, tap into your analytics and search data. Which terms are people using to search for your products? Except it does it without relying on organic search engine optimization to make an impact. Where do visitors spend the most time? Which actions do visitors take?

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

And search engines like sourcing.io help you build a specific list based on skills you’re seeking. Party rounds blew up on a number of startups who found it difficult to get ongoing operational support from investors who didn’t have time or inclination to lean in. The individuals and team managers have more sway.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Expo Intensive rocked, the mainstream media has started writing about the Lean Startup, and - most of all - the movement continues to grow and evolve. I went to the conference thinking that I was well grounded in the basics of the Lean Startup approach and that attendance would hone the edges of that understanding.

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