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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

As always, I am continually amazed by the passion of the IMVU community. Eric, I agree with everyone above about referring to people who loudly voice their opinions as trolls. Have you personally visited the Content Creator forums and read through the PR thread? Thank you so much for stopping by to demonstrate it! Desperately.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Its important to understand how these companies see you: your resume looks like crap, your references are poor or nonexistent, and you dont have the mandated 10 years of experience in J2EE ERP CRM WTF. Now your crappy resume and low-grade references become a strength: youre obviously not wasting money on marketing. Tough sell.

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