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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: Agile is not a process!
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Thursday, February 27, 2014. Agile is not a process! And the article wasn't wrong because it espoused falsehoods. It was wrong because it missed the heart of agile, and confused the output of agile with its input. At its core, agile product development is a set of beliefs around building software to: 1) reduce process, 2) push responsibility to the person doing the work, 3) empower individuals, and 4) increase communications over heavier process. And, your products get bett...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: Opportunity sits down next to you...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Friday, February 14, 2014. Opportunity sits down next to you. And yes, I can take a hint too, so I'm not that guy next to you who won't just stop talking if you're trying to sleep. February 14, 2014 at 1:21 PM. Enjoyed this musing. hope all your flights are as successful. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About me: Im currently the CEO at Plia Systems ( www.plia.com. I also went to HBS and am an avid college football and soccer fan. View my complete profile.
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: Hello World!
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Tuesday, February 11, 2014. This is my first blog post on being an entrepreneur, with the highs and the lows! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About me: Im currently the CEO at Plia Systems ( www.plia.com. I also went to HBS and am an avid college football and soccer fan. I blog about coding problems at: www.codewod.com. And about start-ups at www.noahkindler.com. View my complete profile. Agile is not a process! Know where the money is going.
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: Know where the money is going
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Friday, February 21, 2014. Know where the money is going. Following up on a post from a few days ago ( http:/ www.noahkindler.com/2014/02/early-stage-grudge-work-accounting.html. I received some great comments discussing that in accounting in particular at an early-stage company, it's important to know where the money is going. One friend even talked about how he did all his own accounting, just for this purpose. Other parts of accounting like the exact definition of revenu...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: February 2014
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Thursday, February 27, 2014. Agile is not a process! And the article wasn't wrong because it espoused falsehoods. It was wrong because it missed the heart of agile, and confused the output of agile with its input. At its core, agile product development is a set of beliefs around building software to: 1) reduce process, 2) push responsibility to the person doing the work, 3) empower individuals, and 4) increase communications over heavier process. And, your products get bett...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: The Idea List
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Monday, February 24, 2014. I keep a list of idea that I think would be interesting to build a business around. It's pretty simple. I try to write them down when I think they're interesting, so I don't forget. Sometimes, I email myself if I'm about to fall asleep, or write it down on a airplane when my mind is wandering, or frustrated, or trying to find something that I can't find. Then, there are a few that get a bit further. I've spoken to people in industry or mocked ...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: Early-Stage Grudge Work: Accounting 101(Modified)
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Early-Stage Grudge Work: Accounting 101(Modified). I've always viewed a 'win' in this area when you can get the time down to almost nothing, and still be good-enough, not necessarily perfect. Many other functions will also fall into the 'good-enough' (payroll, employee on-boarding, document, AP, IT, etc.). Get it done fast, then focus on the product/market. How much did we sped last month? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About me: ...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: The Daily Scrum
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Monday, February 17, 2014. I have a strong bias against heavy process, in favor of closer communications, which allows you to 'blow out' of the process trap. None of this is theoretical. I have seen brilliant, well-thought out process to create new products. They have been lead by intelligent, capable and motivated managers with full buy-in from teams. One of the few process steps I recommend is a daily scrum. It's a simple daily meeting where:. We have even extended this t...
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times: Day 1 at a big company vs. Day 1 as a founder at a small company
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Noah Kindler - Life and Times. Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Day 1 at a big company vs. Day 1 as a founder at a small company. One of my former board members, Stephen Semprevivo, and I were discussing the differences between your first day on the job at a bigger company vs. a founder:. Founder - day 1:. You have responsibility for absolutely everything. This ranges from product, sales, facilities, operations, recruiting, accounting, compliance, legal, finance, IT, marketing, etc. Bigger company- day 1:.