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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Bill Gross founded Idealab in 1996, making it the longest-running technology incubator alive today. He was a very early employee of Facebook , and engineering director there through the moment it blew up. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth. He’ll bring us real-world advice.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). An engineer who can talk intelligently about gender!

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. GroupOn’s engine that turned capital into revenue growth was a form of force-feeding rather than building a product). It’s my goal to join the ranks of those excellent companies at WP Engine. Support.com — On 2.5m

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Noah Parsons says, “Start collecting contact information for interested, prospective customers. If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved.

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Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups

Startup Lessons Learned

I just dont comment. :) Steve, The term was in active use in 1996 in the MMO world, which predates Googles founding. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? January 7, 2009 9:28 PM Raph said. Eric, I stop by regularly!