Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

This builds on a lot of great thinking that has come before, like the agile movements insistence that only the creation of working code counts as progress for a software development team. Luckily for me, my co-founders eventually prevailed and we went on to build a product that customers actually wanted. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

And they expose the startups to a vast network of mentors, none of whom get paid for their involvement. As a result, for a lot of these companies, Boulder is just a gateway to San Francisco. Thank you @ericries for drastically altering my perception of agile startup Thank you all so much for your kind words. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. For example, I’ve talked often about our belief that an instant messaging add-on product would allow IMVU to take advantage of a network effects strategy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

From my side, i network with many startups all the time, and i am constantly trying to persuade them to adopt the new age mindset, but its often no easy task. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Im also in this for the long term and realise they may need to fail a few times before the message really hits home. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) The customer understands experience, and social networks, since they make pervasive p2p economically viable, accentuate customers' ability to mirror each other and articulate customer experience.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Spray files across cheap disks on your network. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. MogileFS - "Distributed (meta) file system.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Im going to be speaking on June 3rd at an event sponsored by the Technology Entrepreneurs Exchange (TeXchange), "the premier networking organization in Texas for business executives and entrepreneurs to meet, exchange ideas and share experiences." It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Tuesday, September 13 - San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt It all begins at TechCrunch Disrupt. By learning to be rapidly responsive and agile. Tuesday, September 27 - San Francisco Home, home again. book signing/networking reception? I'd really appreciate it. Now, on with our regularly scheduled launch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I went to excellent public schools (so-called science magnets) that had computer classes, which meant they had networked computers that I could use. If we network them together, theyll answer each others questions and collaborate on projects we can hardly imagine. But I was also very lucky. Theyll take it from there.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Check out the tips below from founders, CEOs and investors alike. Then remove half." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy. ." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy. Hiring Poorly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

When I first encountered agile software techniques, in the form of extreme programming , I thought I had found the answer. I explained it to people this way: agile lets you make the trade-offs visible to whole company, so that they can make informed choices. Even worse, agile wasnt really helping me ship higher quality software.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

For example, one of the angels I pitched to cared deeply about our competitive landscape, whereas another wasn’t too concerned about the competitive landscape, he was more interested in our financial assumptions and my team’s ability to implement in an agile fashion. Too many founders tread the fine line between arrogance and ignorance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

When we became a standalone network, it didnt matter how easy it was to add new networks, since we never did. Worse of all, the plaintext codes we were used to sending were considered non-authoritative, since they could be pulled off a third-party network. It had a pretty good technical design. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

The agile software movement has made numerous contributions: continuous integration, which helps accelerate feedback about defects; story cards and kanban that reduce batch size; a daily stand-up that increases tempo. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. results rather than specific scripted outcomes. Thanks for the post, Eric.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

One last suggestion, which is a technique I learned from my IMVU co-founder Will Harvey. All the usual ideas are good ones: I support inviting more women to speak at conferences , the creation of women-centric networking events like Women 2.0 One last suggestion, which is a technique I learned from my IMVU co-founder Will Harvey.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 5, 2019

Boost Biomes CEO and co-founder Jamie Bacher The Forrest Four-Cast: March 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Jamie Bacher , CEO and co-founder, answered some questions about the San Francisco-based company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. Combining agile development with customer developm. See if their answer is about tactics or strategy. Who doesnt want to see their name in print? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

And in some markets its decisive, because of well-known network effects (as happened with Microsoft, eBay, and many others). But if your product category doesnt have strong network effects, word of mouth alone is not usually enough to fend off a competitor who also has a quality product. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

If you missed these when they went out live, we encourage you to watch them now , as they lay a strong foundation for The Lean Startup Conference , December 9 -11 in San Francisco—less than two weeks from today. Eric’s chat with Kent Beck was among our most entertaining webcasts ( video ; iTunes ; SoundCloud ).

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

There are opportunities to get a feel for running a team, validating an idea, choosing co-founders. Sure, you can increase your luck by growing a network of great people and constantly learning skills. So you learn to be agile, to take it in your stride, to pivot based on the shortcomings of your competitors.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. How did they do it?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

In school I was being pounded day and night with anything that has to do with agile software development. When I entered the company, I realized that there were no process and I quickly applied what I know about agile software development. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. I am basically a one-man shop. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

These individuals, possessing talent, experience or real-world networks, will continue to function as ‘virtual gatekeepers’ in the next-generation media industry. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Though technology tools and Web 2.0 ideas (e.g. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. can I talk to them?" The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The IT and networking "big boys" rule and any start up apps are summarily squashed on the premise that they may upset the status quo re: IT infrastructure. The US is headed to be a second rate or third rate power if policy isn't changed to permit new and ground breaking applications to operate in large networks.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders. I think the benefits are a no-brainer. 2gov.org will take care of the rest.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

I’ve previously documented that early-on in IMVU’s life, we made the mistake of building an IM add-on product instead of a standalone network. When you read stories of successful startups in the popular and business press, you usually hear about how the founders anticipated several of these challenges in their initial vision.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

This is true of most web application servers, caches like memcached, and all of the network infrastructure that connects them. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). But more broadly than just that,the direct costs of launching a startup have obviously plummeted which makes being a founder more accessible than historically. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

They do a great job at building an amazing culture, and they are able to keep a small company feel in terms of speed and agility because they keep the teams small and have basically broken the company up into a whole bunch of companies. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. She has been an advocate for a more responsive, a more resilient, more agile government. Raylene Yung : I live in San Francisco. They co-founded it with former U.S. She served as the U.S. If that sounds like an oxymoron, well listen up. Let's start."

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 11, 2010

High-profile startup Friendster had first-mover advantage in the social networking space, but created openings for competitors when it could not scale to meet demand. High-profile startup Friendster had first-mover advantage in the social networking space, but created openings for competitors when it could not scale to meet demand.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders and CEOs are in the process of completely revamping their growth models from the bottom up amid new and unpredictable consumer behavior. These, of course, are not normal times. Transcript: Hi, and welcome to the a16z podcast. I’m Lauren Murrow. These, of course, are not normal times.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. 8: San Francisco, CA Oct. Denver, CO?—?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

For founders, I think it also has another big attraction: the ability to avoid a lot of " free vs paid " arguments. For network-effects businesses, like Skype , just being on the network is enough to create value. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 23, 2009

fbFund REV featuring Eric Ries The Lean Startup Host: fbFund Type: Education - Lecture Network: Global Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009 Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm Location: fbFund REV Garage Street: 164 Hamilton City/Town: Palo Alto, CA RSVP Here So, if you are in the Bay Area and want to swing by Palo Alto on Thursday afternoon, come join the conversation.

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