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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 19, 2009 Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a response) Inc Magazine has a great new piece up about the increasing use of the Minimum Viable Product by businesses (and not just startups). The key ideas are customer development , the pivot , MVP, and root cause analysis.

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a resp. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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The curse of prevention

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a resp. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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Innovation inside the box

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a resp. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

Of course, we would have had to spend some time reading teen magazines. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? If we had spent even a tiny amount of time engaging them on this question in our early days, we could have saved a lot of time. So thank you so much for subscribing.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

I place them roughly in this order: Movies > Television > Books > Music > Magazines > Radio > Newspapers Each industry is watching the one in front of it sink into the quicksand. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Stop lying on stage

Startup Lessons Learned

Many journalists and conference organizers attempt to fill this demand by giving successful entrepreneurs the opportunity to tell their stories: in magazines, on blogs, and on stage. It sells newspapers and magazines. But if you’re attending a conference or reading a magazine, you aren’t bound by those rules.