Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process. (See

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. I’m never surprised when I see product development driven by engineers proceeding at top speed developing the next cool thing. How about your Marketing Plan ?

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

The fund focuses on investing in companies that meet the following necessary but not sufficient criteria: Technical Founders : The founding team needs to be capable of building its own product and have the technical chops to make it happen. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 11, 2009 CPI > CPC Google revolutionized advertising by popularizing pay-per-click. Other than that, you know their IP address, maybe their browser version or what country they are in. The specific form will depend on the kind of product or service you want to sell.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

So bowing to popular demand the 2009 blog posts are now available on Amazon on a portable device which provides instant and random access to any post and does not require power or an internet connection. This new “book,” Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost , attempts to remedy that by organizing the 2009 blog posts in a coherent fashion.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

Every product marketer thought they should help define the product feature set, etc. All the strategic thinking in the world won’t make up for a missed revenue plan. In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. It took me a long time to understand that benefit of our product. This probably sounds illogical.

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