Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

If we don't get a certain amount of signups on that splash page, we don't develop the rest of the site becuase they will not have any customer. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Expo SF (May. Amazon PostRank

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

This technique rests on three things: identifying the kinds of work that need to get done, creating the right type of teams for each kind, and steering the company by allocating resources among them. . Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

But, as any startup can tell you, this opens up a tremendous set of opportunities for the rest of us. Most publishers are still caught up in an outdated “vision vs. metrics&# argument, which is already obsolete here in Silicon Valley. The old models are broken, and we do not yet have new models to replace them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Asked to help, I am confident that Silicon Valley and every other innovation center will step up. They are nerds. Expo SF (May.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

We’re incredibly excited and privileged to work with Matija and the rest of the Farmeron team to build a great company. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. link] aweissman.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. The rest can believe what they want. Combining agile development with customer developm. We had to resist the urge to launch just to make that frustration stop. Cannon said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

If you are willing, please take a moment to fill it out before proceeding with the rest of the post; itll mean less biased results, and youll have a better idea what Im talking about later. Combining agile development with customer developm. Before I go any further, heres the link to the new survey. Expo SF (May. Amazon PostRank

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

But it puzzles me when companies publicly and vociferously deny how most of the rest of the world views them. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. companies (Facebook, Zynga, Groupon, LinkedIn, etc). Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook’s ad revenue is pure… after the cost of running the site is factored in, the rest just drops straight to the bottom line. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Hi Eric, I started off by reading a recent post of yours in regards to a cardinal sin of community management and ended up taking some time to poke through the rest of your blog, too, which is how I came across this post. Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

If Id bought just a handful of the "best of the rest" domain names that were available at the time (for a whopping $70 each), I probably could have just retired right then. And then, at my first Silicon Valley startup , I watched friends get laid off in successive waves as it started to fail. No business model, either.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

As for the rest of the comments that have generally been blasting me for my use of the word troll, let me say the following: 1) I hear you. And why didn't they> because they awere makinmg enough money that they don't care what the rest of the customers do or say. Eric, You have my permission for that. :) I rest my case.

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