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Not just beta invites and email promotions, but also emails to advisors and early investors. It's more than just a reminder of what the heck you do, it's also handing them language…

>> Matters of face, allegiances, and frankly who's in a bad mood on what day determine outcomes as often as logic. This is so true. Matters of face can spiral out of control easily…

What Dave doesn't mention in this post is the mindset he brings to these meetings. Honest, open, generous, no time wasted, and he's completely direct. Regardless of how you got to …

Well written automated tests will accrue value over time by saving you manual testing time (and increasing your confidence) with each release. A lot depends on your situation at la…

Yeah, we relied on hoptoad as our backstop too. We used CruiseControl.rb running on a cheap low end server with a plugin for doing deployments. https://github.com/thoughtworks/crui…

Great article, and fun to see what is going on inside. We used a similar strategy with great success at my last company (though we were using Passenger). Once you've nailed the zer…

I'd like to hear your thoughts on how the iPad doesn't lend itself well enough to Enterprise. I have nothing specific in mind that disputes your assertion, but the linked article b…

We adopted continuous deployment at my last company, and it was a huge win for us. It resulted in less downtime, reduced the cognitive load on our developers, and let us turn chang…

Strongly agree (to both this and webwright). The package that felt strongest for us when hiring was to have amazing talent that other people want to work with, hand over significan…

The numbers you quote look in line with what I would expect, especially if you are getting close to a market rate salary. They are profitable and funded, which is a big milestone. …