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Top 14 Sites to Promote Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

They also have some great features, like their “feature of the day” section highlighting the latest and greatest apps and software releases from across the web. Since its founding in 2008, the site has been committed to inspiring, educating, and featuring the doers of the world. Best of all. Getting press can be fun!

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

cold calls, in-person interviews, and a web survey. (We How can we attract buyers to our channel before they make purchasing decisions? as well as channel partners and cloud industry technology consultants. Startups were actually happy with Amazon Web Services. Then different again for direct and indirect channels.

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

Neither of us had ever lived in a big city, and in 2008 we felt ready to cash in and try something new. I discovered this firsthand when I contracted a software developer to build a system for the English teaching company that allowed classes to be purchased and scheduled via web application. Do you have the time to do them well?

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. December 4, 2008 4:43 PM Valto said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell. If you want the easy version you can read that story here ! Founded in 2007.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. November 7, 2008 7:36 PM nitesh said. November 7, 2008 7:41 PM nitesh said.

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