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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s been just over a year since the inaugural Startup Lessons Learned conference , and it’s time to do it again. The Lean Startup movement has made tremendous progress in the past year. Kent Beck himself helped us explain that “quality work” means something different when we’re facing the extreme uncertainty of a startup.

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Woodstock for Entrepreneurs – the Startup Lessons Learned Conference

Steve Blank

(The best entrepreneurs pivot on each hallucination until they get it right – then we call them practitioners of the Lean Startup.). Last Friday’s Startup Lessons Learned Conference may go down as the Woodstock of entrepreneurship. It was an all day event devoted to the theory and practice of Lean Startups and Customer Development.

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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 20, 2010 Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup) The Wall Street Journal covers the Lean Startup movement in todays paper. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

The panel will take questions and give stories and advice on startup sales from their vast wealth of experience in the entrepreneurial world. The W3 Method equips startups with the tools to articulate their strategy with their team, company, investors and customers. What are they buying? Why do they buy?

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The Trend Towards Lean Startups :: Small Business Marketing Blog.

Duct Tape Marketing

The basis of the concept, as applied to startups, comes from the Lean manufacturing world popularized by Toyota. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Eric Ries , entrepreneur in residence at Harvard and author of The Lean Startup. Creating Customer Bliss Are You Making Evil Plans?

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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 19, 2009 Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a response) Inc Magazine has a great new piece up about the increasing use of the Minimum Viable Product by businesses (and not just startups). See “ It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet &# for more.) Read the rest.