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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

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. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. Is there a profitable business model? Can it scale?”

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation. In fact, most investors “require” that you already have some investment from friends and family before they will even step up to the plate. 17, 2009 and before Jan. Absolutely.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Guest Author Sep 20, 2009 This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves. How To Get There. Love the guest post TechCrunch!