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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

Startup Lessons Learned

First, SlideShare is a fantastic product (that I use on a regular basis) and an impressive company example of Lean Startup practices in action. Second, their story illustrates a key Lean Startup idea: proving the business in micro-scale. As this is a new initiative for this blog, we especially welcome your feedback. How are we doing?

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is. These concepts have important implications for any lean startup.

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Startup Resources

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A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. Media Temple. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Social Media Tracking/Marketing. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources.