Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Labels: sllconf Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Are there customers for what you are building? How many are there? Can it scale?”

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Then, you turn up to people’s desks like an unwelcome door-to-door salesperson, trying to convince them of the virtues of customer-centricity. So how do you convince people with little motivation—throughout the entire business—to focus more on your customers? So how can data help you? Challenge opinions. Show the financial impact.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

These boards are more agile and can make decisions quickly when necessary. Communication and Collaboration Through the aid of board management software with integrated video conferencing capability, board members no longer need to be in the same geographic area or time zones as their organizations or fellow board members.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) Where Are the Customers? Product Development Diagram 1.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

Whether it’s vendor invoices, customer bills, external communication, internal paperwork, or other document workflows, PDFelement 7 Pro will allow you to handle your document workloads in a professional manner. Communication utilities for chat, audio and video calls, file-sharing, screen-sharing, and other collaborative tasks.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Ive attempted to embed the relevant slides below.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Analyzing a case in the classroom, removed from the realities of a new venture, adds little to an entrepreneur’s preparation for the chaos, uncertainty, and conflicting customer responses that all entrepreneurs face. The reality is that most business plans don’t survive first contact with customers.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship. and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship. In the 20 th century startups I was part of, the time to build a first product release was measured in years as we turned out the founder’s vision of what customers wanted.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2018

Your customers (even the “old” ones over 50) rely on them more than you might think. And while Facebook offers online reviews (which you should manage as part of your customer service work on that platform), there’s also Google My Business, Yelp, and a dozen other review services. It’s time to lay the groundwork for voice search.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 8, 2008 What is customer development? But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 30, 2022

In fact, connecting with customers and prospects is one of the most difficult tasks facing business leaders today. Business leaders are rethinking how frequently they plan face-to-face meetings and when they can successfully use technology to communicate with customers. . Thanks to Marilyn Gaskell, True People Search ! #13-

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Silicon Valley has amused us, connected (and separated us) as never before, made businesses more efficient and led to the wholesale transformation of entire industries (bookstores, video rentals, newspapers, etc.). Yet time after time, after the product shipped, startups would find that customers didn’t use or want most of the features.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st A surprising number of respondents in the latest Lessons Learned survey hail from one of the flourishing startup hubs in Canada. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

You’ll also discover digital analytics tools and the most complete digital analytics training to help you better understand your customers. For customer analysis: Woopra 4. The more you know about your customers and market, the more effectively you can run your business. Descriptive analytics 2. Predictive analytics 3.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 6, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund slides and video As a follow-up to my previous post on my talk for fbFund at Facebook , there was enough interest in watching video of the talk that I have finally uploaded it using Apples MobileMe. If you want to see the original video, use the link above.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2017

billion Google searches and 150 million Skype call. It means that the digital flow of information, searches, transactions, and communication media (voice, video, chat, data) and intracompany traffic has grown, and digital products and services have surged. Each day 36 million purchases are made on Amazon alone.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I believe it is the best introduction to Customer Development you can buy. As all of you know, Steve Blank is the progenitor of Customer Development and author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany. I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Traction and evidence from customers were what investors were looking for – even in “slow” sectors like healthcare and energy. The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today. And there it was.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For this reason, it could be a good idea to get a minimum viable product (MVP) as early as possible to show how your product will work to investors and customers. Then we ship it to customers way before it’s ready. To do that, research your target audience and build out customer personas. They also include a countdown clock.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2018

Your customers are ready for the future of commerce. You need high tempo testing and experimentation throughout the whole customer journey. Where is your customer journey captured? Alexa Hubley: The Agile Marketing Playbook. Create your agile process: Map (start at the end). It’s all about customer experience.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 26, 2009 A real Customer Advisory Board A reader recently asked on a previous post about the technique of having customers periodically produce a “state of the company&# progress report. Many companies seek to involve customers directly in the creation of their products.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. They are gaining valuable customer data.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. This post is part one. to get hard-earned information.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. It seeks to solve customer problems in a better and modern way and helping such companies edge the competition. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, this platform was a great video conferencing tool.

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Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Yet, very soon he and his team discovered that their drone can perform many different jobs, for different types of customers. It begins with characterising your core technologies or unique abilities in their own right, to help you uncover different applications of these abilities, and different types of customers who may need them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

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.") Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

I reject everything boring and lifeless to write modern and eye-catching resumes that would not have been acceptable when your mother was job searching. Bespoke by definition means made for a particular user/customer. When we did brainstorm sessions we would play tons of video games and talk about everything.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. Youll know when the person youre talking to is not a potential customer - they just wont understand what youre saying.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. And most startup code and features end up on the floor as customers never really wanted them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

Below youll find the video of my remarks as well as the full slides embedded below. First, a definition: the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort. But I wanted to say a few words first. Thank you.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 30, 2010

The term VA has grown to describe any remote contract worker, including people who help with audio editing, video editing, bookkeeping, webmaster tasks, link building, and so on. Another feature we left on the cutting room floor was the need for a custom purchase page; a page where someone enters their details to make the purchase.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Let’s begin with the four customer currencies. And this is true outside of games.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The course includes lecture videos, quizzes and homework assignments. Multiple short video modules make up each 20-30 minute Lecture. Experienced entrepreneurs kept finding that no business plan survived first contact with customers. So what would a search process for a business model look like?

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