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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

Its by far the hardest part of the puzzle of shipping successful products and both recommend that you get a customer in the room and ask them to clarify what they want as you go. Ever since that time, I have struggled to explain how the feedback loop in customer development should interface with the feedback loop in product development.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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How to Build a Startup Team

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be the manager and product developer). Developer – Most likely your product requires some engineering. Make sure you have the right developer(s) on board in whatever capacity you need them, whether it’s a part time HTML or Wordpress developer or a full time PHP wiz. Where do I sign up?

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

As someone who has bootstrapped a software company ([link] and funded it through selling software and consulting to customers, I certainly know what it means to live lean and Ive even taken your advice ([link] I just wish I was in the Bay area and could come by "office hours". April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. This model of joint accountability is at the heart of the lean startup, and is just as applicable to venture-backed, bootstrapped, and enterprise startups. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Through case studies, exercises, and discussions, Eric Ries will guide entrepreneurs of all stripes through the key areas that determine success for startups: product, engineering, QA, marketing, and business strategy. This workshop presents a new methodology that will allow you to bring new products -- and companies -- to life.

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New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 29, 2010 New conference website, speakers, agenda The Startup Lessons Learned Conference on April 23 is fast approaching. These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization.