Startup Weekend Advice: Build Quickly

Advice sometimes runs contrary to received wisdom when you only have 54 hours to build something.

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1. ADVICE I WOULDN’T NORMALLY GIVE BUT YOU ONLY HAVE 54 HOURS
2. RUBY / RAILS @ANDYCROLL andycroll.com • impulseflyer.com DESIGN
3. FINISHUP SCREW ‘STARTUP’ WEEKEND MAKE THIS ONE
4. PLAN HALVE IT — then —
5. PROTOTYPING FAKE IT ‘TIL — SO — YOU MAKE IT
6. AREN’T GONNA EXTREME YAGNI NEED IT — YOU —
7. QUICKLY PEN & PAPER DRAW
8. twitter.github.com/bootstrap BOOTSTRAP FROM TWITTER CHANGE COLOURS! — but —
9. KNOW NOT THE TIME FOR NEW HOTNESS USE WHAT YOU
10. DEPLOY EARLY GET IT RUNNING
11. GET USED TO BUSINESS MODELS FOR ANOTHER DAY SHIPPING
12. ASK FOR HELP DON’T BE ‘THAT GUY’ CODING ON YOUR OWN A PROBLEM SHARED IS A PROBLEM SOLVED
13. MAKE SOMETHING YOU ARE BUILDING FOR REAL PEOPLE USEFUL
14. ENJOY YOURSELVES GET (SOME) SLEEP CAFFEINATE GOOD LUCK
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