YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2020

It’s also an efficient way to build a library of on-demand onboarding and training recordings that can be used throughout the year for a repeatable way to get new employees up and running quickly. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Agile Engineering” to have teams prototype, test, and iterate their idea while discovering if they have a profitable business model. Activities are the key things you need to do to make the rest of the business model (value proposition, distribution channel, revenue) work.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Juggling tight budgets demands hard choices, particularly in selecting technologies that will maximize the available financial resources. That's where contractor management software steps in—it's not just a tool but a strategic ally. In the entrepreneurial landscape, small business owners fuel the economy.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. To be fair, one of their team members had built the software and worked on it for awhile.).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Since that takes four months, we have to be able to predict the demand for technical support at least four months in advance, because we have to be hiring for that future demand right now. “The future is inherently unpredictable,” insists the small company, spurred on by Lean and Agile mindsets.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

To prevent hackers from gaining access to your business's checking account, use low-cost software and dual controls to strengthen your payment processes. B2B enterprises would have to use various digital technologies like workflow management software to attain these goals. Think of the agility that comes with CAI, etc.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

These operations learned during the last 18 months they could operate in a remote or distributed environment. The real estate market that we are used to is missing out on a lot– the evolving consumer market, meeting the changing demands of buyers and real estate owners. Thanks to Katherine Brown, Spyic ! #13- 13- Home security.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

These days, it’s not uncommon for companies large and small to be completely distributed, i.e., have a wholly remote workforce. That’s because today’s business world moves faster than ever, and organizations need to be agile in order to adapt to it quickly. Still, companies need access to capital in order to grow.

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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. Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.)

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2020

Leonard Callejo, Director of Online Marketing at Cisco Webex, is a successful enterprise software digital marketing leader that has built agile, data-driven demand generation cultures that span start-up, high-growth, large enterprise and turnaround business situations.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2014

We had seen Lightspeed portfolio company Nicira disrupt networking layers 2-3 with an architecture that consisted of highly distributed scale out software elements coupled with centralized control, culminating in an acquisition by VMWare for $1.25B in the summer of 2012.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Boyd emphasized the importance of agility in combat: "the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than ones opponent." Agile software development. Agile allows companies to build higher quality software faster. November 5, 2008 10:13 AM spanky said.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Software companies had to buy specialized computers and license expensive software. But the bubble mantra of get “big fast” and “first mover advantage” demanded tens of millions more to create a “brand.” Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2020

Focus on things like the hours you expect them to be available, standards for keeping their security software current, tools they should be leveraging, and more. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years. Set forth policies for aspects of remote work from the beginning.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) BPM vendor (every software vendor!)

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

It’s important to note that system I’m about to explain evolved organically in response to new demands on the system and in response to post-mortems of failures. Our tests suite takes nine minutes to run (distributed across 30-40 machines). Heck, thats what it says right there in the agile manifesto. But it worked.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2018

For manufacturers, this means having the capability to establish fully connected and digitized supply chains where product development, marketing, production, and distribution are all fully connected, thus increasing efficiency and output. Robotics and Automation – design and application of special computer programs to automate machines.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. But notice how many hypotheses are baked into this supposedly simple scenario: we believe we have already solved the distribution problem for our product (or else how could customers try it?).

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

1940’s – movie studios had to divest their distribution channel – they owned over 50% of the movie theaters in the U.S. With a new channel of distribution, home movie rentals surpassed movie theater tickets. It was 75 years until studios had to deal with technology changing their platform and distribution channel.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. In that same spirit, here are some suggestions for tactics you can use to increase the leverage of your product development efforts: Free and open source software (and even hardware ).

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

It became harder and harder to separate how the software is built from how the software is structured. If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? I dont think so.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

It’s more than just a distribution channel. Whether it improves the quality of an existing page (and, therefore, rankings for keywords you’re already addressing) or justifies new page creation (to rank for new keywords), there has to be demand. Unless you’re a small, agile startup, shipping new features isn’t as simple as it sounds.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

Zappos could have gone off and built distribution centers, a large database of footwear, and inventory systems for shipping shoes. Swinmurn deduced that customer demand was present, and Zappos would eventually grow into a billion dollar business based on the model of selling shoes online. Can it work for an enterprise software company?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. marketing automation software. email blast and mgmt software. email blast and mgmt software. email blast software. email blast software. basic email software. free basic email blast software. Create software mockups in minutes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

After starting two companies of his own, he now heads the NYCDOE’s Markets initiative, which works on fostering smart demand for innovative solutions to the most urgent problems in New York’s public schools. So we sold our software the only way we knew how—by not telling the clients about it. government’s first public website.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

Another great article is from Joel on Software called Duct Tape Programmer. they even have a name for it , after having done some real-world experiments + it's context in software. Of course, we are mostly interested in the second type. Eric Ries has a great article advocating for why it’s OK to Embrace Technical Debt.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

If you’re in markets that still exhibit at them (semiconductors, communications, enterprise software, etc.,) Everyone should have a chance to walk the floor looking for deals, technology, distribution, customers, etc. Everyone should be articulate and agile in describing and demoing the products.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

fast.ai , the company he co-founded with Rachel Thomas and Sylvain Gugger is working to "radically democratize" deep learning by making it accessible to people beyond the tech world through courses, software and other methods. Enlitic builds machine learning-based software for radiologists that produces more accurate and faster assessments.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. The blog software thinks Im spam, so if you want to find us, go to "build a sandcastle dot com" Sherlie Matthews (2010-06-19) # I need desperate help in revamping my website, self-built many years ago with Dreamweaver. Click on my name for the link.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

How does product development differ in communications hardware versus enterprise software, etc. Marketing – How do you create end user demand? Waterfall, Agile, Lean? For example, How does sales differ from one market to another? Is marketing different if you’re in the cleantech business versus medical devices? New/Disruptive?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

until I couldn't seem to find a way from getting away from all these nasty, vulgar teens (or people pretending to be teens) demanding explicit sex every time I went there. Loyalty is not something that people distribute to all and any that they come into contact with regardless of warrant. So I gave up. You earned their loyalty.

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