Tag: startup
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“The Lean Entrepreneur” (Book Review)
At first, when I picked up “The Lean Entrepreneur” I was slightly skeptical. I wondered how much new stuff I was going to learn from yet another book on “lean” practices. However, this book by Patrick Vlaskovits and Brant Cooper does provide a lot of interesting case studies and practical tools to implement. “The Lean Entrepreneur” can provide…
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What on earth is “mob programming”?!
The other day I heard Woody Zuill – an Agile Coach at Hunter Industries in San Diego, US – speak about “mob programming”. At first, the simpleton in me thought this meant writing code dressed in fancy suits, wearing shady hats and stylish sunglasses … Woody corrected this presumption fairly swiftly: “mob programming” involves having…
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Book review: “Impact Mapping”
“Impact Mapping” is only 73 pages long but quality definitely rules over quantity in the case of this book by software delivery consultant Gojko Adzic. Too often we run the risk of diving into a software project or a product backlog without taking a step back to wonder “WHY?” or “HOW?”. If this sounds even…
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Mike Lynch and his lessons learned
Last week I went to talk by founder Mike Lynch founder of Autonomy, a very successful software business that got acquired by Hewlett Packard last year. Since that acquisition, Mike has been involved in all kinds of battles with HP and its CEO Meg Whitman. Luckily that’s not what this talk focused on. Instead, Mike shared…
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“Lean Analytics” (Book Review)
Data is key. Analytics are key. But what does one need to measure? And why? Experienced entrepreneurs Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz wrote “Lean Analytics”, which came out last month. “Lean Analytics” is a great book for anyone who wishes to learn more about validating an idea, building the right product and measuring growth. In…
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