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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. It was one of those brilliant startup brainstorms that comes to the team in a flash, with a giant thunderclap. Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. Eric, Excellent article about an essential technique for startups.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. Today, when I talk to startup founders, the most common answer I get to the question "do you talk to your customers?" The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. Expo SF (May. .

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. Its now a technique I recommend for any web-based startup. BillSeitz - yes, but that was already true back in 2004.

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