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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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Lessons Learned: CPI > CPC

Startup Lessons Learned

Starting with Facebook s developer program, social networks are all jumping on the apps bandwagon. Other than that, you know their IP address, maybe their browser version or what country they are in. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? In other words, not very much.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

At a certain point in IMVU’s development, we faced a difficult choice. I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much. my Developer Tokens already answer the question for me. After all, people rarely say they are mad because they are not being heard.

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