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├── site
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├── book.png
├── WalkwayBold.ttf
├── style.css
└── index.html
├── design
└── layout.psd
├── README.markdown
└── book
├── DesignPatterns.txt
└── DesignPatterns.rtf
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1 | # Design Patterns for Startups
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3 | ## Use elements of successful startups to increase your project's chances of success.
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6 | ###What Are the Elements of A Successful Startup?
7 | That's a question I am obsessed with answering. Successful startups have common elements that can be identified, categorized and applied to any web business.
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9 | What are the similarities between Facebook and Google? Between Groupon and Zynga? By identifying the commonalities between these great companies we can begin to find patterns, design patterns, that anyone can use to improve their ability to target and retain users and increase their chances of success.
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11 | ###The First Open-Source Book
12 | As the book develops I will commit my progress regularly to GitHub. This means that anyone can edit, contribute to, or fork the book as it's being written, adding both to the quality of the book and helping to foster a new creative writing process.
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14 | If you contribute to the book on GitHub you will be listed as a contributor or editor, whichever is more appropirate, when it is finally published.
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1 | body {
2 | background-image: url("bg.png");
3 | background-repeat: repeat-x;
4 | background-color: #d5d5d5;
5 | color: #000;
6 | }
7 |
8 | body, p, ol, ul, td {
9 | font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
10 | font-size: 18px;
11 | line-height: 22px;
12 | }
13 |
14 | @font-face {
15 | font-family: Walkway;
16 | src: url('WalkwayBold.ttf');
17 | }
18 |
19 | a{
20 | color: #3088ed;
21 | text-decoration: none;
22 | }
23 |
24 | h1{
25 | font: 72px "Walkway";
26 | color: #fff;
27 | margin-top: 5px;
28 | margin-bottom: 10px;
29 | letter-spacing: 1px;
30 | text-align: right;
31 | }
32 |
33 | h2{
34 | font-weight: normal;
35 | font-size: 24px;
36 | color: #fff;
37 | line-height: 30px;
38 | letter-spacing: 1px;
39 | }
40 |
41 | h3{
42 | margin-top: 0px;
43 | padding-top: 0px;
44 | margin-bottom: 5px;
45 | }
46 |
47 | #content{
48 | width: 900px;
49 | margin: auto;
50 | }
51 |
52 | #head a{
53 | color: #f8f362;
54 | text-decoration: none;
55 | }
56 |
57 | #head-right{
58 | float: right;
59 | width: 550px;
60 | text-align: right;
61 | color: #fff;
62 | }
63 |
64 | #book{
65 | padding-top: 100px;
66 | padding-bottom: 100px;
67 | padding-left: 50px;
68 | }
69 |
70 | #more{
71 | padding-top: 10px;
72 | position: relative;
73 | bottom: 20px;
74 | }
75 |
76 | #more-right{
77 | width: 450px;
78 | float: right;
79 | }
80 |
81 | #more-left{
82 | margin-top: 40px;
83 | padding: 15px;
84 | width: 380px;
85 | background-color: #f4fafb;
86 | border: 1px solid #e1e1e1;
87 | }
88 |
89 | .center{
90 | text-align: center;
91 | }
92 |
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24 | an
@danshipper project.
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Design Patterns for Startups
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27 | Use elements of successful startups to
28 | increase your project's
29 | chances of success.
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31 | And it's
open source.
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41 |
42 | What Are the Elements of A Successful
43 | Startup?
44 |
45 | That's a question I am obsessed with answering. Successful
46 | startups have common elements that can be identified, categorized and applied to any
47 | web business.
48 |
49 | What are the similarities between Facebook and Google?
50 | Between Groupon and Zynga? By identifying the commonalities
51 | between these great companies we can begin to find
52 | patterns, design patterns, that anyone can use
53 | to improve their ability to target and retain
54 | users and increase their chances of success.
55 |
56 |
57 |
The First Open-Source Book
58 | As the book develops I will commit my progress regularly
59 | to
GitHub. This means that anyone can
60 | edit, contribute to, or fork the book as it's
61 | being written, adding both to the quality of the book and
62 | helping to foster a new creative writing process.
63 |
64 | If you contribute to the book on GitHub
65 | you will be listed as a contributor or editor, whichever is more appropirate,
66 | when it is finally published.
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What has been done so far?
70 | Some of the commonalities between successful startups like Google, Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and a few others have already been articulated.
71 | From there, more startup examples will be brought into the project and initial research conducted. Second round research includes interviews with including the active participants in successful startups as well as their financial partners. This will bring us closer to the common elements of successful start ups.
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What do I get if I contribute?
73 | This is entirely an experiment. To my knowledge, no one has done this before. So let's dive into this together and see where it takes us and have some fun.
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A bit about me
76 | Hi! My name is Dan Shipper. I have been programming since I was 10 and program for hours and hours each week. I have produced a number of successful web apps both individually and as part of a team. I am currently a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania and am used to in depth research projects, working in teams, and editing. Find me at
@danshipper.
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