Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. If you are interested the Vimeo is here. For others it feels like a two-speed economy, where rules apply to hot tech startups that don’t apply elsewhere.

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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. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. The image above has been altered using Adobe Photoshop. – [link]. – [link].

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

For the vast majority of software startups, the actual code / development process is infrequently a competitive advantage; ergo, you ought to consider outsourcing. Having managed a lot of software development both local and offshore, this is a topic I plan to write more on. PR/Marketing. Engineering/QA. Start a blog.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 8 useful sites for web developers – [link]. Wholesale Flowers – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team Like a Startup – [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. Want to get a job at a startup?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Lean Marketing: Don’t Believe Your Own Press Releases – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Consider participating in Google’s Summer of Code 2011 – [link]. Product design at GitHub [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. they can develop a product advantage by building with 10 developers what you have 3 people dedicated towards. They get the PR bump. So here’s my framework.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Research & Development. The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. In one recent deal, Arizona Bay agreed to invest $140,000 worth of website development work in a company called Pro Player Connect. But Ive definitely had to lean on Dave. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire. Business Software. Technology.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The other most common focus areas for platform teams are to employ talent and PR/marketing experts who give advice to portfolio companies on strategy in these areas and have relationships and discounts with pre-vetted agencies who can deliver the work. Best practices continue to develop apace. Applied Venture.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Shawn immediately said the name I had given the four steps was confusing – I had called it market development – he suggested that I call it Customer Development – and the name stuck. And Jennifer is now my co-instructor in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class.). (And The MVP Tree. Other branches.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2011

If you haven’t been attentive to this in 2011, start in 2012. Resolve in the new year to set specific goals for your business, define strategies to achieve those, and then develop a short list of experimental tactics to execute. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2011

If you haven’t been attentive to this in 2011, start in 2012. Resolve in the new year to set specific goals for your business, define strategies to achieve those, and then develop a short list of experimental tactics to execute. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2017

“A pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision,” says Eric Ries , author of The Lean Startup. Unlike the PR campaign for a business which hires a limited number of experienced professionals for outreach, political campaigns and advocacy groups rely on large numbers to meet their targets for outreach calls.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. One Strike and You’re Out: In Relationship Era, Bad PR Pitches Will not Be Tolerated – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link]. PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. 70 Best Illustrator Tutorials From 2011 – [link]. Very shady, if true.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. Too much PR, too early. Hiring is hard, and without proper experience, we should have leaned more heavily on our investors to help us with this decision. I realized that money was not the issue.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

As the questions came in, I realized that my 2010 list was great for what I had learned as of 2 years ago, but it also was in desperate need of an update to include what I’ve learned more recently, especially as we’ve pivoted from fabulis to Fab in 2011 and then scaled Fab to more than 7.5 So, here goes. Don’t do this by committee.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. There are only a few tickets left to Startup Lessons Learned 2011 on Monday (May 23). Here's the official description and lineup: Join us for an evening of Lean Startup talks with a twist. Welcome to our fair city.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Hiring for Lean Startups: The First Few Hires – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. If you’re curious how wi-fi was invented and developed, read this article – [link]. Here’s Why I Think You’re Fine – [link].

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