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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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

(However, in some industries such as life sciences, founders may be tenured professors who are not going to give up their faculty positions, so they often become the head of a startup’s scientific advisory board, but aren’t part of the founding team.). Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career/Culture.

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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

More importantly, the experience led to some soul-searching. Why was a team this smart, this disciplined, and this committed to waste-free product development creating so much waste? Labels: split-test Innovation inside the box I was recently privy to a product prioritization meeting in a relatively large company.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 20, 2012

The process searches for problem/solution fit: “Have we found a problem lots of people want us to solve (or a need they want us to fill)?” and “Does our solution (a product, a website or an app) solve the problem in a compelling way?” Here’s how: Develop the Product for the Few, Not the Many.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. 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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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

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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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