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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

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But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

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This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. Expo SF (May.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. I havent found any yet. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. So what can you do? Expo SF (May.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

You make me think of something I've been pondering for a while but haven't been able to articulate: the realignment of company and "customer" in the age of pervasive social networks and innovation. As you've pointed out, Jobs totally gets that. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

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In such a case youll have the right to use it, but not to decompile or distribute it and probably youll pay a license amount for it. FuePi (2010-06-21) # Youre very good at describing Agile Development without all the technical terms (Extreme Programming, Early Prototyping, Story Cards, Test Driven, et. BTW: great keynote at Railsconf!