Chris, Mike, and special guest Ben Morse take a look at startup life and everything that comes with it.
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Show Notes:
Feedback
- Mihaela writes in to share her love of Delphi and also reccomend that I take a look at C++ builder and Dev Expresses add ons for Windows apps.
- Bill shares some interesting Ubuntu related info — apparently Ubuntu charges for apps.Ubuntu API
- Brian asks that we cover software licences.
- Tim’s email Contracting vs Full Time?
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Cole writes in asking about what tools for design are commonly used in the iOS development space. He also asks about open-source Objective-C as a way to make up for the ‘sin of Mac’
Starting up!
If it’s ok, I’d like to introduce the book pick first, as an ice breaker for the startup life topic
- Key Lean Startup Principles:
- MVP, and Concierge MVP
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Leap of Faith assumptions
+Build, Measure, Learn feedback loop. -
Engine of Growth
- Improving innovation ( start w/ baseline, then improve ) / cut
- Virality Constant / cut
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Piviot / cut
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Equity and paperwork
- Out Sourcing vs Building a team
- Being an architect
- Choosing a technology stack
- Fundraising
Book of the Week
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