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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Building a new startup hub Last week, I had a unique opportunity to spend some time in Boulder at the behest of TechStars. They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. And do your customer development.

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Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

But the investor is already being compensated for that risk in the low price of the stock, so it is unfair to delay. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. more data about their trajectory. Even VCs do it.

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Why vanity metrics are dangerous

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? September 8, 2009 6:12 PM Geoff Hsaid. September 8, 2009 6:25 PM dbsaid. September 9, 2009 12:36 AM Richard Tibbetts said. September 9, 2009 5:05 AM Roger Toennis said. Agree with all your points.

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

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Similar mechanisms are at work in the stock market, Google PageRank , and guessing an oxs weight at the state fair. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. The moral of the story? Theyll know if you dont.

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

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Livelys launch was marred by zillions of sex chat rooms, with people spending hours and hours trying to figure out how to use Livelys stock animations to make their avatars do things that looked kinky. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Guess what they wanted to talk about.

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What is a startup?

Startup Lessons Learned

Contrast this with other high-risk situations, like buying a high-risk stock. Although the specific payoff of a specific risky stock is not known, investing in many such stocks can be modeled accurately. Thus a decent financial advisor can give you a reasonably accurate long-term expected return for a set of risky stocks.