Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. The biggest source of waste in new product development is building something that nobody wants. Unfortunately, customers hated that initial product.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Business owners report that their biggest concern with distributed teams is lower levels of productivity. As a part of Bloom and Liang’s research on productivity and telecommuting, the staff at Ctrip’s call center was split into two groups. We’re all excited about our vision and we focus on results, balance, and sustained productivity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, December 6, 2008 The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part three Those startups that manage to build a product people want have to deal with the consequences of that success. Having early customers means balancing the needs of your existing customers with the desire to find new ones.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) All our cleaning products.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 9, 2009

But where it makes sense, that team may also include engineers building new experiments or prototypes to try with customers. But that team may also include product marketers or other in-house customers who can give insight into the impact that solution trade-offs might have on customers. dalelarson : "Metrics are people, too."

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. An intrapreneur is the extreme; usually an intrapreneur’s employer owns 100% of the new business that she creates. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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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. Scrum reports would come in once a month, nobody was actually responsible for anything. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 20, 2013

If all goes well, I may be able to read the New York Times or even crack a book this afternoon. Flexibility is the key to this; a rigid work schedule can often mean missing out on something at home and rigid family rules preventing bringing work home can mean loss of productivity. Work from home whenever you can. And mean it.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

is what we call the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It is important to insist on frequent releases so you are getting new features every couple of days. Dont wait 4 weeks or more while programmers are "building features" If they cant deploy new features into production at least twice a week, dont use them.

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