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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

The Lean Startup movement has made tremendous progress in the past year. If you recall, around this time last year we were still fighting various myths , such as “ lean means cheap ” or that we don’t support having a big, world-changing vision. This year, the word pivot has become over-hyped ( even on TechCrunch ).

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Crowdsourcing: a 7+7 Primer (Pt. 1)

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We write often about small businesses and startups and lean approaches to marketing and other business functions. It takes time and commitment to build a community of skilled workers in any domain, as well as more time and money to build the underlying technology, infrastructure, policies and protections necessary to the process.

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The Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

A massive rain storm blew through San Francisco in the middle of last year’s Lean Startup Conference. These community-led experiences were so much fun -- and became a source of such serendipitous, fruitful connections -- that we’ve decided to iterate on the idea for the 2015 conference and make it a core part of our program.

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Crowdsourcing: a 7+7 Primer (Pt. 2)

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Determine project goals and strategy: One of the key tenets of a lean approach to management, is the definition stage; determining a project’s goal is the first and most important step in the process. Ask and answer for yourself these questions: Where will you host the project? The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011.

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Twitter Link Roundup #69 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link]. List of hosting choices by yc startups – [link]. The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011 – [link]. Crowdsourcing Examples in Business – [link]. Wholesale Flowers – [link].

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). But your community does matter. By 2011, we had 50 customers; today we have over 2,000.

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Five Things We Learned from Starting a Community Radio Station

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Like most other community radio stations, Radio Boise is a not-for-profit organization. There’s also a small group of steadfast individuals, including community members, who help keep the station up and running. It wasn’t until 2011 that the station actually went live on the FM airwaves. See Also: How to Start a Nonprofit.