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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. But it also requires you to ask a few questions about your startup before you use it.

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Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software

The Startup Magazine

Founded in 2000, by 2010, the company’s fleet already had 8,000 cars. Ask the program developer for an API key through which the integration process will occur. The post Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software appeared first on The Startup Magazine. The company provides self-service car sharing services.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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Relentless – The Difference Between Motion And Action

Steve Blank

But in a startup, it is very important to be surrounded by efficient people. PS1- I run a small software startup in Brazil and just found out about Customer Development and your blog (I’ve been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on online, like Venturehacks and Ries’ blog). 45 is efficient.

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PowerInbox Aims To Transform Boring Static Email

YoungUpstarts

But here’s a startup that aims to help email avoid that fate, by transforming boring, static email as we know it. But the power in PowerInbox – pardon the pun – comes into its own with the opening up of its APIs to developers and partners. Email is dead. We’ve all heard that clarion call more than a few times.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. Founder Kevin Systrom launched Instagram with 25,000 beta users on October 6, 2010; two years later, the app continues to see massive growth, recently reporting 150 million active users. 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

Waterloo, Canada-based Kik recently passed 80 million users, which was given particular significance from local media who noted that it took the 4-and-a-half year old startup past BlackBerry and its BBM mobile messaging solution. The Kik Chat app launched in April 2010 for iOS and BlackBerry initially. Pivot to chat. “We