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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Fundamentally, lean startups do more with less, because they systematically find and eliminate waste that slows down value creation. Another terrific post, Eric.

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. For a lean startup , this lack of discipline is anathema. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Busted or Confirmed? 3 Common Myths About Starting A Business

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Bygrave’s ideas echo a 1984 study by George Washington University. It was only in 1998 when Andy Bechtolsheim invested $100,000 in Google, Inc. David Rubenstein , co-founder and CEO of private investment firm The Carlyle Group, agrees that taking a risk pays off in the end. Successful entrepreneurs move quickly.