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5 Forces That Kill Momentum For Business First-Movers

Startup Professionals Musings

They outline and give some positive recommendations to counter the key organizational impediments to fast transformation that I see all too often, even in businesses with top management committed to first-mover speed and agility: Passive resistance to change from within the organization. Difficulty in securing and protecting funding.

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Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 19, 2009 Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich I have a new guest post on GigaOm today, called Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich. A more rational career path for money-making is one that rewards effort, in the form of promotions, increased security, salary and status.

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Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback on a minimum.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, October 23, 2009 Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback on a minimum viable product How much work should you do on a new product before involving customers? If you subscribe to the theory of the minimum viable product , the answer is: only enough to get meaningful feedback from early adopters.