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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Over time, open source software the rise of the next wave of web startups and the embrace of Agile Engineering meant that startups no longer needed millions of dollars to buy specialized computers and license expensive software – they could start a company on their credit cards. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. Tools in the New Bubble.

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Product design debt versus Technical debt

andrewchenblog.com

This means: Social networking and Community sites that want to unify chat, forums, polls, videos, blogs, etc. they even have a name for it , after having done some real-world experiments + it's context in software. You could have named it “User Experience Debt&#. You can also find more essays here.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Ive spoken in some detail about a specific pivot that we went through at IMVU , when we decided to abandon the instant messaging add-on concept, and switch to a standalone instant messaging network. I like this term.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

In talking with Mary Poppendieck about it, she said that the Chief Engineer role at 3M was called a "Product Champion" The name is less important than understanding the depth of competence that this person has, and what it takes to build it. There are some good anecdotes about Chief Engineers in the Toyota Product Development Book.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

If necessary, consider doing this under a different brand name than the one you are wedded to using. If the rating in the App Store is based on usage, I am sure those popular social networking applications are sure to be in the top and the hot seat always. Dont do PR upfront, dont put out a press release. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

Do some Customer Development instead. Who doesnt want to see their name in print? Now that were beginning our first marketing, the key partners we need have heard our name long enough to trust us. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Help you raise money.

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10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

All the good domain names were taken, all the good ideas were being implemented. 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. Maybe, but the thought never even entered our minds. Expo SF (May.