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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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Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. The Lean Startup fbFund Edition View more documents from Eric Ries. Use some customer development to find out. July 3, 2009 8:04 PM Charlie said.

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 26, 2009 A real Customer Advisory Board A reader recently asked on a previous post about the technique of having customers periodically produce a “state of the company&# progress report. Many companies seek to involve customers directly in the creation of their products.

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 8, 2009 Datablindness Most of us are swimming in a sea of data about our products, companies, and teams. So the product development team was busy creating lots of split-tests for lots of hypotheses. For a lean startup , this lack of discipline is anathema.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. Its actually part of a lean startup story. For more on his lean startup journey, you can take a look at this slide presentation.

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Gov 2.0 Summit wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Gov 2.0 I promised to post the slides for my highly abbreviated version of the lean startup presentation, so here they are. I promised to post the slides for my highly abbreviated version of the lean startup presentation, so here they are. I was thrilled to be included.

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What is a startup?

Startup Lessons Learned

It also causes them to miss the numerous other kinds of startups that appear in less-glamorous settings: inside enterprises, non-profits, and even governments. I prefer to take the most expansive possible definition of product, one that encompasses any source of value for a set of people who voluntarily choose to become customers.