Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Ignore This Post The same caveat applies as in the first post; If you’re selling via the web, and trade shows seem hopelessly anachronistic, ignore this post. Everyone should be articulate and agile in describing and demoing the products.) You are correct all channels, web or otherwise, need to generate awareness and leads.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). Test-marketing is now easier than ever before, thanks to leveraged distribution channels like AdWords and Facebook. Though technology tools and Web 2.0 ideas (e.g.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I believe that: 1) a product is just a part of a startup, but understanding customers, channel, pricing, etc. to optimize this search.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. Leveraged distribution channels. Open APIs and data-oriented architecture (aka "web 2.0"). The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. A true follower of Wikinomics concepts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Given that most recruiting channels are pay-for-performance, its usually cheaper, too, because it has a lower conversion rate. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Keep them coming. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

As our digital agency focuses on search engine marketing the name fit perfectly in reference to the ‘web’, ‘spiders’ used to crawl web sites and the historic naming of an early search engine. The Hacker Chick Blog ended up becoming one of the top agile software development blogs on the Internet.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provide the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. The absolute number depends on your channel and industry. A few successful ones do all these things. Thank you, Steve.

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www.readwriteweb.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. To scale the service, Netflix has moved its API and other operations to Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the past several months. Cockcroft says business agility and the inability to predict capacity are the main drivers for moving to AWS. Business is accelerating.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 16, 2010 Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium (Normally, I do not write about companies that are doing a marketing launch. Early this year, SlideShare launched custom channels. Early this year, SlideShare launched custom channels. What prompted the process change?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Not All Startups Are Alike There’s an urban legend that Eskimos-Aleuts have more words to describe snow than other cultures.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 31, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 31, 2009 The Lean Startup workshop coming soon I am currently gearing up for my talk tomorrow at the Web 2.0 As you can tell from recent posts, Ive been experimenting with different formats and channels to try and find the best way to help. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In other words, the service transforms tweets into professional reports that are sent by snail mail, fax, and email - the channels that actually have attention paid to them. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo SF (May.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Bye, Bye Waterfall: 5 Steps to Implement Responsive Web Design. Congratulations, you’ve finally convinced the powers that be that your next Web-design project needs to be responsive. Congratulations, you’ve finally convinced the powers that be that your next Web-design project needs to be responsive. Responsive Web Design.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

g2s The very abbreviated version of Customer Development (channeling Steve Blank ). The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Boyds ideas have inspired a lot of the principles underlying my work. once it launches. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. have product/market fit,) then you invest the dollars to create end user demand and drive those customers into your sales channel.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

There are more mistruths and F U D about Web analytics out there than I think is reasonable. Web Analytics, this beautiful child, was born just the other day in the midst of tumultuous times, quite literally, when everything changes every day. The web is changing too fast. Here are ten web analytics ground truths… 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. As the channel gets more and more crowded, just launching an app in the store is getting worse and worse as a strategy for each new entrant. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

Although it may or may not be in written form, it is reasonably common lore at Stanford that Terman was spider in the web, so to speak, that really set the wheels in motion for both Stanford’s place in “the valley&# as well as the valley’s place as a home to entrepreneurship. I’ll stop channeling James Burke now.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Those who have tried to build apps that exist just as glorified landing pages or marketing channels have generally failed. And, most importantly, you have several reliable communciation channels to talk to them including including email, profile notifications, feed items and status messages. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. Dont chicken out and do a closed beta; get real customers in through real renewable channels. I do agree on the point of knowing how to channel that marketing pr into hard cash.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 31, 2009

Maybe location-specific "channels"? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you follow the Agile methodology you will be very comfortable with this concept. This process of evolution involves both official and unofficial channels of collaboration. Official channels are scheduled group meetings, presentations and brainstorming sessions. Creating a great product is very much an iterative process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

As notification channels get stuffed full of these messages, customers tune them out (or platforms have to put in place dramatic limits on access). And most web applications do their positioning right in the first few screens of the app. the fatigue rate of customers in that notification channel 2. It all depends on: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

There are other models, in other distribution channels. As the AppStore becomes increasingly saturated one of the goals of the socialDeck platform is to create an alternative distribution channel -- a way to drive installs of casual games outside of the AppStore oligopoly. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. I used a freelance web designer and I only created the core functions to create, send, and manage invoices.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Marketing firm Performics reported that 49% of “heavy mobile web users&# have made a purchase using a mobile device. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

And Cloze’s product is designed from the get go around mobile usage in addition to the desktop web (>20% of LinkedIn traffic today is smartphones & tablets). His co-founder/CMO Alex Cote has run customer acquisition programs that have attracted millions of users via a range of channels. Read More ».

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Because the book is chock-full of examples of how to do this in older industries, I will focus on my experience integrating NPS into an online service, although it should be noted that it works equally well if your primary contact with customers is through a different channel, such as the telephone. is usually asked on a 0-10 point scale.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

In fact, you cant go through traditional channels at all. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Amazon Web Services. Web Tools: Hereâ??s We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

They are largely invisible in the normal channels where customer service and community management pays attention. It is a hangover of other days, of thin-skinned geeks who cannot still be heeded on the big, wide web. People arrive on the forums because they've tried going through the "proper channels" to no avail.

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