Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Unfortunately, after months or even years of development, many companies discover that customers arent willing to buy their new wares. Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory. Read the rest.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. The hardest part of entrepreneurship is to develop the judgment to know when its time to change direction and when its time to stay the course. IMVU had a roughly two-month-long development cycle. Heres what it looked like.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Every experiment has to be evaluated based on a single standard report of 5-10 (no more) key metrics. Any team that creates an experiment must monitor the metrics and customer reactions (support calls, forum threads, etc) while the experiment is in-progress, and abort if something catastrophic happens. It promotes rapid iteration.

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The Next Web

JULY 8, 2013

My startup is a B2B platform, we feel that we are the best in the world in creating social reviews and pushing the user-generated content to social media, emails and search engines to drive more sales and leads to the website. 6 months ago I was still doing a lot of product, customer support, business development and content marketing.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Rocket Watcher Product Marketing for Startups Product Marketing for Startups About Speaking Contact Email Posts Startups Product Marketing Messaging Social Media Commentary Uncategorized Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups 13. Rocket watcher b2b marketing metrics View more presentations from April Dunford.

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usersknow.blogspot.com

APRIL 30, 2010

You need to have some sort of plan for testing to see how it’s affecting key metrics , whether those are revenue, retention, registration, user happiness, or some other number you care about. How Am I Going to Get Feedback on this Feature? It’s not enough to just launch a feature and see if your revenue increases.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This case study illustrates one company’s attempt to do customer development by testing their vision with customers before writing a single line of code. If you deceive customers by showing them screenshots of a product that is “in-development&# but for which you have written no code, are you lying to them?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

So why become an entrepreneur instead of developing technology in an R&D lab? So why become an entrepreneur instead of developing technology in an R&D lab? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? If you only want to do one of these things, there are better options.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Admit you have biases, like we all do, then recognize you need to put steps in place to overcome that – like start an NBA development league in China.” . Your potential investors search for you on Google before doing business with you. Prove more through metrics. Your bias is a fog over opportunity.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The big things to consider is how easy your name is to spell and how unique it looks to search engines. We just launched our public cloud called IBM Smart Business Development and Test on IBM Cloud. LOL – I love that – IBM Smart Business Development and Test on IBM Cloud – it just rolls off the tongue!

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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.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Â Search for apps tools. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t SW Courses.

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