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Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

Startup Lessons Learned

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. Ive attempted to embed the relevant slides below. What about a hardware business with some long-lead-time components?

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: A hierarchy of pitches

Startup Lessons Learned

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Dont keep banging your head against the wall - if you cant convince your potential partners that your startup is printing money, try to figure out why. Experiment with different narratives. Expo SF (May.

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. It’s easy to overestimate the impact of this kind of traffic because it just feels good to have your name and company featured. It strokes your ego.

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. Make the effort to test your assumptions.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Thank you @ericries for drastically altering my perception of agile startup Thank you all so much for your kind words. Some of the mentors are based in Boulder, but many are not. I was really overwhelmed this time.

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Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Herein lies the reason my partner and I started Dillotronics - as well as the reason your take on the matter resonated so well here. and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. Expo SF (May.

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