Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

In that same spirit, here are some suggestions for tactics you can use to increase the leverage of your product development efforts: Free and open source software (and even hardware ). When you participate in an open community like these you take advantage of tremendous amounts of effort. Dont fall for it - its a trap.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme.

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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. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it. Lessons Learned.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

I'm working with a PR/Communications gurus who is trying to focus me on a name, that when you hear it, it tells people what it is you are doing. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone! Some of the things you mention I have done.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. Next Generation Business Models Because a number of smart entrepreneurs realized the importance of lowering CAC, they created new business models such as Open Source, SaaS, Freemium, etc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

2010 Fortune 500: The top 10 most valuable corporate logo properties – [link]. 4 reasons why PR firms are taking over social media – [link]. Government releases open source code – [link]. How To Create Outstanding Modern Infographics – [link]. The Evolution of Big-Name Logos – [link].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

It had no PR agency. Bill Perry the founder of ESL, is now acknowledged as one of the founders of the entire field of National Reconnaissance , working the NSA and the CIA in programs to intercept and evaluate Soviet missile telemetry and communications intelligence. ESL had no marketing people. It shunned publicity.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. I’m not saying don’t leverage open-source or established platforms. My rule is that conferences are to be avoided unless it’s purely for PR purposes or if you’re in sales. . Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

For example, Redmine — an open source developer productivity tool — is commonly installed at individual companies. However, given that it is a well-understood norm, it gives you a bit of an edge in the PR battle should someone decide to just drop a 0-day on you.). So did I do a great job of addressing this problem?

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Long story short, I ended up spending a year and a half in China from 2008 to 2010 and now I’m hard at work with BizMe2. It’s usually hard to figure out who to meet and there’s a range of events within the events, entertainment cocktails, Pr events in restaurants nearby, but there’s no easy way to find out about them.

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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. It’s an *freaking open source*.net The list goes on and on. Checkout [link].net

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

What to Expect in 2010: UX/UI Design Simplicity – [link]. New Photoshop Tutorials : January 2010 - [link]. Fantastic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie Poster Inspiration, 1925 to 2010 - [link]. Nice work from Facebook on HipHop (open sourced today) – [link]. Top 12 Logos of 2009 As Voted By You - [link].

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Will it kill these SV types to admit building HTML front-ends to open source products? There was something very right about Zed Shaw’s rant regarding open source licenses. So frequently embarrassing failures are masked by spinning PR or fudging numbers to give the illusion of success.

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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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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Thanks a million.

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