Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. I also owe a great debt to Kent Beck, whose Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change was my first introduction to this kind of thinking. (So

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MARCH 17, 2011

And over time, I envision that eco-system after eco-system around the world would learn how to use this program to do effective and precise entrepreneurship development, not spray and pray, which is largely what goes on today, with huge amount of resources being wasted. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. We discussed guerilla p.r., product reviews through blogs, as well as SEO, blogs, and social media marketing.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Or maybe it’s your keyword well that’s reaching its limits, leaving you with plenty of ideas, but no clear path forward about how to prioritize them or the distribution channels for which they’re best suited. Take Mailshake, an email marketing automation program. What questions are your customers asking? Image source ).

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

As the world “stabilized” into a new reality post 2008 crash, there was a realization that there has to be a better way of doing business, that we collectively can no longer sacrifice everything in pursuit of profit. Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

First up, Joel Korpi from Austin, Texas, pitched Rockify , a platform for transforming video content into multiple device friendly formats, process payments and help content producers distribute and monetize content more widely. They will also share how they are using the 1M/1M program in that journey. You can register to attend here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Company plans to use money to expand inventory and distribution capabilities, and build more social features. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008. students. -Is TechCrunch.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had the program split into three segments. We went through a set of lead generation mechanisms and discussed the distribution of roles and responsibilities between the company and the channel partner. And you can sign up for the 1M/1M premium program here. This, by the way, is a real scenario.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Deborah has interest from Whole Foods and some other grocery stores to build such greenhouses near their distribution centers. And you can sign up for the 1M/1M premium program here. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. This is a greenhouse technology to grow fresh agricultural produce. Don't miss it!

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I can say this with confidence based on my first hand experience mentoring a number of serious and promising Indian product entrepreneurs in the 1M/1M program, one of which, Freshdesk, has just raised financing from Accel Partners. Today's discussion was about how to generate additional distribution and acquire traffic.

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Venture Chronicles

MAY 5, 2010

In other words, PG&E has slack capacity at night and they see recharging EVs as something that can take up that slack and generate revenue for them without additional capital expenditures to expand generation capacity. Weather in July 2009 was a lot warmer than weather in July 2008. It is bad economics and bad politics.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

Chapter one was Spunlogic , which we sold to Engauge in March 2008. We don’t officially launch for a few more weeks and you can be sure I’ll be updating with more information on what we’re up to, but for you can read the article below to get more of the scoop and you can sign up for our beta program ! ~~~~~.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Distribution Channel for Product Companies. Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. why not become a retailer of the same basket of products that he wants to distribute?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 27, 2010

John Chow made the idea of reporting your blogging income popular, and before him guys like Darren Rowse and Shoemoney would show pictures of checks they had received from advertising programs like Google AdSense or affiliate programs. Tap significant sources of traffic/audience/customers.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

And content distribution. That was a huge revenue. Firstly was ensure a more stable revenue stream so that you weren’t depending on people making an discretionary purchase. Rita McGrath: An inflection point is some change in the environment that creates a 10 times impact on your business, whether for good or for ill.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

Are there ways that you’ve seen local businesses use this in a way that might effectively drive revenue? [19:23] Not quite that far back, uh, but let's start at about 2008, which was probably the date that Facebook really became a business tool or started the journey becoming a business tools. John Jantsch (02:20): Yeah.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices. A good example of this blend was the relationship the iTunes team engaged with the American Idol program.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

Generally, a new company can’t undercut the established players in terms of pricing or get wider distribution, but a new idea gives you an advantage that money can’t buy. In Seattle, Ridwell is a curbside recycling program originally started by Ryan Metzger and his eight-year-old son Owen. Niche recycling. It now has over 4,500 users.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. They called that program Eatsy. Yes we can!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

But when I returned to venture in 2008, I remember wanting to see people who were similar to me in some sense, but I didn’t see that as much as I would've hoped. In 2008, as the financial crisis was happening, we saw this opportunity and we pursued it. She always told me, “That's not where you’re supposed to make friends anyway.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2020

The current programs, including the Payroll Protection Program authorized by Congress and the Main Street Lending Program from the Federal Reserve, seek to help small businesses and their employees. It does the right thing by, among other things, extending credit to banks involved in the PPP program. They sound good.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Our tests suite takes nine minutes to run (distributed across 30-40 machines). In a lot of cases, thats just a fancy name for revenue or profit, but not always. On an absolute scale, pair programming is probably the most continuous of all feedback loops. On commit automatically run all tests. If the deploy succeeds, repeat.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 28, 2008 The lean startup comes to Stanford Im going to be talking about lean startups (and the IMVU case in particular) three times in the next two weeks at Stanford. September 28, 2008 6:13 PM Eric said. September 28, 2008 7:26 PM Jeff Hammerbacher said. Can I go to one of them?

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

2008 FOLIO Award Winners. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Zite Expands Its Publisher Program. Distribution. FOLIO: Staff. --> Suppliers. Webinars Events.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

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? And one day a remarkable thing happened: we started making more than five dollars a day in revenue. SEM is a simple idea. Amazon PostRank

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 29, 2008 Q&A with an actual reader One of my favorite things about having a blog is the feedback I get in comments and by email. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

If you’re still doing SEO by optimizing for keywords, you should know: it’s not 2008 anymore. There is no single right way to do conversion research, but most successful programs include the following 6: Functional testing – Does your website work perfectly with every browser on every device? Things have changed!

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I recommend segmenting the traffic and measuring revenue lift but also measuring the average order size, if you did your job right then that latter number should be higher. You can accomplish these goals: ~ Get an optimal understanding of what kind of people you ended up attracting to your website (look at primary purpose & distribution).

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. So from day one, my knowledge about how to do a startup was zero. Back to the top.

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