Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

One, which is described in great detail in the Mythical Man-Month (in finding that link, I discovered that today is coincidentally the exact 11th anniversary of my first purchasing that book: Jan 19, 1998), is that as you add people to a team or project, there is an increase in communications overhead that makes everyone slightly less productive.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Paris, November 1998. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

by Dr. John Sullivan May 10, 2010, 12:16 am ET. If you’re targeting top performers or poaching from competitors, the remaining steps of the recruiting process must be designed to “fit” the needs in the job search process of your targeted candidate if you expect to even gain their attention. May 10, 2010 at 6:26 am.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

He should have invested in Lawson obviously… I could not track back their stock price in 1998 when NetSuite was launched, but since Jan. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. In 1998 RIM quickly followed this up with a next generation product with an 8-line display, ran on AA batteries and would last 500 hours. RIM sales were $15 billion in 2010.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

The organization was founded in 1998 by University of Chicago professors Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar following the death of their son Danny in an unsafe portable crib. They’ve created logo designs , web designs , and custom graphic designs for companies in virtually every country of the world and in most languages spoken on the planet.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I started with some basic theory: that a startup is an institution designed to thrive in the soil of extreme uncertainty; that traditional management techniques rooted in forecasting and planning would not work well in the face of that uncertainty. There's even a classic Wizard of Oz minimum viable product that dates back to 1998!

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

We really were doing the i-thing before Apple came out with its first iMac in 1998. As someone who is trained in Human Computer Interaction, I had followed the concept of User Centered Design. What started out as a generic web-based chat solution morphed into a full-fledged product for a distance education that we called iClass. (We

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. In January 2010, I started my business at 21 with $500 in the bank and a ‘2for1 vodka’ hangover. Thanks to Andrés Max, Ideaware ! #25)

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ConversionXL

JUNE 4, 2019

As Harvard Business School professor Susan Fournier noted in 1998 , “A brand has no objective existence at all: it is simply a collection of perceptions held in the mind of the consumer.”. It also highlights Android phones’ unique designs and features and subtly challenges Apple’s dominance of the smartphone market. Image Source).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

When I launched my social media consultancy in 2010, I knew I wanted to incorporate my name. 12- Designers signature. When my partner and I decided to start our design business in 2008, we weren’t sure what to name it. Design is such a metaskill — a mindset and process that can be applied to almost anything.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 9, 2019

Virginia seemed like a very big place back in 1998 when I decided to start this company under the name Virginia Lake Management. That’s why, in 2010, we chose to redefine ourselves with a name that better identifies who we are, what we stand for, and where we are going. #11- Define three things. Photo Credit: Kevin Tucker.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. I know in 2010 this doesn’t seem obvious to everybody but it’s my judgment.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Until recently Showplace Square’s post-quake red-brick warehouses were home to furniture and interior design showrooms, but soon, if the real estate developers have their way and the tech economy continues to expand, they will be converted to offices filled with even more “techies.”

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It’s also long been recognized that Atmospheric Marketing - or ”the effort to design buying environments to produce specific emotional effects in the buyer that enhance purchase probability” – has been an effective way of increase purchases for physical retail locations. Emotional Design Influences Sales.

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