Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Of the techniques he mentioned, I think four are fundamental and critical for any lean startup: TDD (or the even more politely named TATFT ) Continuous integration Automate your deployments Collect statistics The tools to help you do these things are getting better and better every day, but dont confuse tools with process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

It’s easy to overestimate the impact of this kind of traffic because it just feels good to have your name and company featured. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. It strokes your ego. and more ► January (6) Lo, my 18891 subscribers, who are you?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, we’ll cover small business web design best practices and tips. Many things have changed – we’ll point you to great new resources and examples – but the fundamental best practices of good web design have remained consistent. Here are our top 10 tips to help you create an awesome website design in 2014: 1.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2017

Sean Ellis coined the term “growth hacking” way back in 2010. Some secret growth hack or silver bullet that skyrocketed them to household names. That’s why growth processes are designed to make both ideation and execution smarter and more efficient. Since then, the term has taken on a life of its own.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. We would pretty much bid on any phrase that was "[name of competitive product] chat" and variations like that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

A website is the hub of a small business’s marketing efforts through other channels (print, SEO, SEM, email, direct, mobile, etc.). Don’t skimp on design – consumers prefer and trust better looking websites. Whenever possible, follow best practices when designing your site.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

A website is the hub of a small business’s marketing efforts through other channels (print, SEO, SEM, email, direct, mobile, etc.). Don’t skimp on design – consumers prefer and trust better looking websites. Whenever possible, follow best practices when designing your site.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Or more accurately, startups are a temporary organization designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.) There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) Deliverable for Jan 18 th : Find a name for your team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If and when a good SEM solution shows up for iPhone, you may be able to use it to artificially drive your app into the Top 25, as a one-time event. Or if your lifetime value is high enough, you can just keep spending on SEM. Bring your questions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

If you want to learn more about search engine marketing, I suggest you read 10 Practical Small Business SEO and SEM marketing tips. Also, there are numerous resources available for Google Docs, such as wireframing templates for web designers. For example, we track our competitors, industry keywords, our own name, and much more.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Who doesnt want to see their name in print? Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Now that were beginning our first marketing, the key partners we need have heard our name long enough to trust us. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. Founders push for it. Dont scale.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

All I see is a name, an icon, a price, the developers name, and a review star-rating. If you sell an online service that solves a defined problem, you can compete in SEO or SEM. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. And what distinguishes a good app?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Most engineers are terrible visual designers, but if the designer on their team is struggling, maybe they can help out with an icon or two. And wait until you see a "non-technical" designer writing simple code to try and speed up a release. Simply put, we upload all the tasks and assign a name to each task.

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