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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Almost all of it is in one giant fixed-cost bucket: salaries. January 21, 2009 6:39 AM Kevin Merritt said. January 21, 2009 1:19 PM Jon Bischke said.

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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I made them a pretty good offer – hire me as a training instructor at the salary they were going to pay me as a lab technician. Reply Shankar Saikia , on June 29, 2009 at 9:02 am Said: THANKS – MAKES ME FEEL BETTER 21 months ago I left an awesome job at Oracle in Silicon Valley and relocated to India to be an entrepreneur.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Posted on March 29, 2009 by steveblank This is post II of how I came to write “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley “ 1974. Reply Calvin Chin , on April 3, 2009 at 4:21 pm Said: Great war stories, Steve. The Vietnam war was winding down. In the Air Force?

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John Doerr's 10 lean startup tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Voluntary salary reduction program. Ive also used the voluntary salary reduction tool - its particularly useful as a way to get passionate employees who dont have a lot of personal expenses to buy into the mission of the company at a deep level. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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How Kevin O’Connor, and FindTheBest Got Lean

Steve Blank

By 2009, I was fed up. Lean Start-up Connection: Customer Development. Thousands, then millions of new customers were coming to the site through SEO, just like we’d guessed with our customer acquisition hypothesis. Staying Agile. Lean Start-up Connection: Agile Development. Validation.

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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.