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How to name your startup Choosing a name is one of the parts of a startup I find the most difficult. It’s also something you can easily get hung up on. We all know that the key thing is to move on to actually building something we can put in front of users. Responsive Comping: Obtaining Signoff without Mockups If you’re making websites, chances are you’ve given some thought to what constitutes a responsive-friendly design process—and you’ve probably found that adding a mockup for every breakpoint isn’t a sustainable approach. Article Continues Below At least, that’s what happened at my company, Bearded, where we had spent years creating websites in Photoshop or Illustrator, having those mockups approved by our clients, then recreating those designs with CSS. Until now. A few months ago, we stopped making static image-based mockups in favor of designing with code.
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A Deeper Look At Blackbox’s Data On Startup Failure And Its Top Cause: Premature Scaling [Infographic] Earlier this week, we covered Blackbox, the young company responsible for creating The Startup Genome Report, an ongoing, collaborative R&D project designed to take a comprehensive dive into what makes Silicon Valley startups successful — and not. (Read our initial coverage here.) On Tuesday, we covered the company’s launch of what it calls the Startup Genome Compass, a benchmarking tool for startups that helps founders monitor their progress in different growth categories.
Sketchboards: Discover Better + Faster UX Solutions The sketchboard is a low-fi technique that makes it possible for designers to explore and evaluate a range of interaction concepts while involving both business and technology partners. Unlike the process that results from wireframe-based design, the sketchboard quickly performs iterations on many possible solutions and then singles out the best user experience to document and build upon. It’s what we do well Designers love the “breakthrough moments” in a working relationship. TETHR – The Most Beautiful iOS Design Kit Ever Made – by InVision Beautiful iOS templates at your fingertips. We're talking $80 worth of Photoshop, Sketch, and Craft Library templates... totally free. Source Files Templates UI Elements Make it minimal
The Anatomy of a YC Pitch The other night I had an opportunity to attend Demo Day at Y Combinator. It was a fantastic full frontal assault of entrepreneurial energy. 43 pitches, 2 min each back to back for well over 2 hours. It was clear from the outset that these teams were trained to give a certain kind of pitch with their allotted time. For those who didn’t get the chance to attend, I thought a peek into the anatomy of a Demo Day pitch might be helpful or at least entertaining. So here goes: Mockups – Balsamiq Take a second. Let it sink in. The first impression might be disorienting. Ultimate WordPress Plugins Looking to add awesome functionality to your WordPress website? After working with WordPress for a number of years now and building multiple client sites requiring different functionality, I have compiled my Ultimate WordPress Plugins Guide, these are WP Plugins I can’t live without. If you are a beginner with WordPress you might find my 8 Top WordPress Plugins for Beginners useful, you can read about those here.
How to build a startup - by Steve Blank When does the course begin? This class is self paced. You can begin whenever you like and then follow your own pace. It’s a good idea to set goals for yourself to make sure you stick with the course. How long will the course be available?