Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. 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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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Best Practices and Tips for Restaurant Web Design – [link]. The Top 20 VC Power Bloggers Of 2010 – [link]. Is Your Service Agile? 1000+ Free Web 2.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Journalists, PR firms, investors, and the public at large love a scrappy come-from-behind story about two guys in a garage who figured out how to take down Goliath. And, of course, theres the Lean Startup session at the upcoming Web 2.0 The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Work in small batches. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

New Century, New Channels For many of you reading this, boxes sitting on a retail shelf may seem hopelessly outdated, but the same marketing lessons hold for “award winning&# web sites or social media. Reply Miguel Cavalcanti , on May 18, 2009 at 8:12 pm Said: Hello Steve, great pst, tks for sharing your knowledge.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. Then you set up a web app to co-ordinate volunteers who can wipe a hard drive and install Ubuntu. Theres three parts to it.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? © 2010 Derek Sivers comments Pam Mark Hall (2010-06-19) # Derek, Yes,Yes,Yes! Thanks you!

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 22, 2010 Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Diversity is the canary in the coal mine for meritocracy. Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Hint: it doesnt. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Open APIs and data-oriented architecture (aka "web 2.0"). But Id like to call out special attention to services like Amazons new FPS payment platform , which allows people to create new web services that are charged on a cost-plus basis. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Dont fall for it - its a trap.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

Spartan Media is a web design and online marketing firm that was named after a historical group of warriors, the Spartans, which you probably remember from the movie 300. I was a PR professional working for a large corporation and making plans to start my own PR company. 1 – Modern Warriors. Photo Credit: Jeremy Knauff.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about 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. Marketers believe creating a killer web presence, corporate presentation, are objectives.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

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. Noah says, “Agile is what most software companies use. Do your own PR.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 13, 2010 The Superbowl ad test I am a firm believer in the danger of vanity metrics , numbers that give the illusion of progress but often mask the true relationship between cause and effect. The PR firm helpfully left out that context.) The PR firm helpfully left out that context.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. Dont forget to leave a comment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 17, 2010 Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Hear the CEO of KISSmetrics give a sneak preview of what hell be presenting at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23 (were less than a week away!): The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

The web has brought simplicity and transparency in a world of complexity and opacity, empowering a new generation of public software companies like Salesforce.com, NetSuite, Webex and WebSideStory who learned how to take advantage of it. And this human touch is necessary even if you have a free demo on available on the web. 5:59 PM.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 4, 2010 Stop lying on stage Entrepreneurs crave information about successful startups, and they should. The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. And companies crave positive PR and control over their message – all for rational reasons.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

It is a hangover of other days, of thin-skinned geeks who cannot still be heeded on the big, wide web. Have you personally visited the Content Creator forums and read through the PR thread? When new changes roll out that aren't anticipated or expected - like the whole PR deal that became a PR mess - people PANIC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Dont do PR upfront, dont put out a press release. My advice: dont launch big.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

What happened when we got early press (circa 2004) in violation of our own no-PR rule. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Learn why you dont want to do premature press, despite all the pressure youll feel to "launch" early. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

You could try and drive home that positioning with an expensive PR campaign, superbowl ads, and whatnot. Sometimes you have to state the obvious, I guess :) April 28, 2010 2:45 AM JakeR said. 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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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Why do you think outsources have been happy to generate all this PR the past few years about people losing their jobs to India? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, One can see how it ripples through the entire business plan. Expo SF (May.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You can measure this yourself: go to any list of startups, maybe look at YCombinator’s recent graduate class , or Scoble’s list of picks for 2010 , or Sequoia’s list of seed companies — or go find a list you like better. I was just looking at your web site. March 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm. March 25, 2011 at 2:58 pm.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other. talking about web based business) July 9, 2009 9:08 AM toivotuo said. Dear Eric, I'd like to invite you to speak at a European Web startups conference I'm organizing in October. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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