Lean Startup
Think big. Start small. Fail early. Scale up.
Lean Startup is a concept coined by Eric Ries (Startup Lessons Learned) that reflects a focus on customer validation and agile product development.
Do this to get to product-market-fit
Getting from nothing to product-market fit
Startup tools for every startup need
Tools for starting up (Compiled by Steve Blank)
Lean startup AirBnB style
How AirBnB got early traction.
Pivots and thunder lizards
Great insights into business models and bringing money in.
Lean startup video primer
After this video, you'll be raring to go, lean startup style.
Lean launchpad at Stanford
Final presentations of the lean startup process by Stanford students
Design Thinking
Good design is gold
Design is a career where you learn creative decision making ~ Biz Stone (Via StartupQuote)
The Lean UX process
Designing for experience.
Following a typical design process
You can't go wrong with this web development process!
Hacking design workflows
User experience through effective UI workflows
Design References
Design patterns you should be using
Top level design patterns you could adapt.
Recommended by Yan Phun (Co-Founder of FlickEvents)
GdWrk - Redesigned social media logos
Good references for awesome tech company logos.
PatternTap - Collections of design elements
Square down to each element of a website.
UI Patterns - Learning resource for web UI elements
Reference screenshots + design pattern articles.
Patternry - Great tool for web UI design
Start with this resource before designing your UI.
Dribbble - Show and tell for creatives
Great reference for illustrators.
Must-have startup tools
Quickly setup your startup resources
Don't spend too much time worrying about things that don't matter. Setup the following startup infrastructure and get started.
Planning your project
Plan and prioritize your project workflow
Code sharing
For when you need to show someone code really quickly
Sharing design mock-ups
Quickly share your design mock-ups with your team or potential customers
Bootstrap by Twitter
Quick way to add HTML/CSS elements to your site
Minimalist CSS Templates
Use these templates to launch your website in a day
Dropbox - File sharing
File sharing on the cloud, really easy to use.
Webfaction - Web hosting
I use webfaction, it's fast and it works.
Google Apps
Setup email, and collaborative tools for your team.
Basecamp - Collaborations
Keep your team on track and constantly updated.
