ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2021

In line with this, HR leaders will have to remain agile, forging culture-based connections when they can while still preserving the structure of the business. Positive employee experiences lead to higher morale, higher productivity, and higher employee retention. The Gig Economy: Here to Stay?

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

It’s time to update Build, Measure, Learn to what we now know is the best way to build Lean startups. Only after shipping and attempting to sell the product would a startup hear any substantive feedback from customers. Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

When it comes to scaling your startup’s Web development resources (or lack thereof), it seems like you can never have enough assistance. But for startups, which is really better: in-house talent or outside agencies? However, in-house talent is hard to come by, and you may have retention and management problems.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

In the last few years we’ve recognized that a startup is not a smaller version of a large company. We’re now learning that companies are not larger versions of startups. But paradoxically, in spite of all their seemingly endless resources, innovation inside of an existing company is much harder than inside a startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. In my opinion, every startup needs to "pick a major" among these three drivers of growth. Choose one. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Demographic Shifts and Talent Risks As demographics undergo significant shifts , the dynamics of talent acquisition and retention evolve in tandem. The post Trends That Might Be Shaping the Future of Risk and Risk Management appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

Accountable leaders and teams realize that pivots are often required, and the agility to make changes to the product, business model, and even the customer set, must be part of every accountable culture. The business remains static despite changing realities. Every business today must recognize that change is the only constant for survival.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Firstly, these time-sensitive promotions can act as catalysts for customer acquisition and retention, fostering a sense of loyalty among those eager to capitalize on exclusive deals. This data-driven approach not only refines future marketing strategies but also contributes to a more agile and responsive business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

In my other role of business advisor, I see examples often of startups that may have taken success for granted too early. You may start with prototype products, but you need rock-solid processes for successful growth and agility. Focus on existing customer retention and repeat business. Capitalize on what already exists.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. The Lean Startup fbFund Edition View more documents from Eric Ries. We tend to equate startup success with making money, but that is a poor choice.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Could this move affect Facebook’s retention and recruitment? Having the agility to rethink their working practices and truly embrace flexible working, small businesses can offer the hybrid workplace as their new ‘signing on bonus.’ small business strategy. The impact on small businesses.

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VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

VC’s were no longer insisting that startups spend faster, and “swing for the fences”. It was a nuclear winter for startup capital.” ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Agile Development: launch an MVP early and iterate quickly.

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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? In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue?

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View from Seed

APRIL 8, 2020

Stevens has held roles across verticals such as head of sales, marketing, product, and professional services at five startups over twenty years. He helps early-stage startups with sales, marketing, and general “go to market” topics. Demonstrate the things that big companies love about buying from startups.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

When Does Paid Acquisition Work for SaaS Startups? There are many who aren’t doing it well , but to me it seems this is a natural extension of any other acquisition channel, and a super important lever for retention and relationship building. If you can make sales work, this is another eminently scalable channel for startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups. But, as any startup can tell you, this opens up a tremendous set of opportunities for the rest of us. Just like with startups, this is a hybrid question. So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. 12comments: Dougvs said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

For the rest of us, there is an alternative: to create credibility by building a lean startup. Rather than just focus on the right kind of pitch to use, I wanted to write about the kinds of startups that create lasting value, and therefore are great companies to fund even in down times. Retention cohort analysis.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had. It’s also a time when you are most agile to work on ideas and implement strategies without the crippling setbacks caused by decision hierarchy and process.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had. It’s also a time when you are most agile to work on ideas and implement strategies without the crippling setbacks caused by decision hierarchy and process.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2021

monthly email newsletter to entire subscriber list on X day each month) Dynamic workflows are more agile and flexible. Even startups with a lean marketing strategy invest in at least two or three channels. Conversion & retention. The same treatment applies to retention. Marketing requires a multi-channel approach.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Gathering real-world feedback from customers is a core concept of Customer Development as well as the Lean Startup. We’re a web startup, all our customers are on the web. Customer information dissemination is a cornerstone of Lean and agile companies. But what information to collect? Only 57 Questions. Continual Data Flow.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

Coupled with A/B testing, customer development, and thinking through business problems in a scientific, hypothesis-driven way, you end up with a powerful cocktail of techniques to build a modern startup in the most iterative way possible. This kind of incrementalism is mostly great, and people should generally do more of it.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Corporate Agility. Transparency correlates to agility (Does your CEO know how many tests you ran last month?). Tara Robertson – How to 10x Growth by Optimizing Customer Marketing & Retention. Retention is the most important thing – if that’s poor, nothing else matters. Start with retention.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. Retention competition is how you get people to come back to your app. If your app has incredibly strong retention, you will probably do very well with the current PR/new app system of acquisition.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2023

It leads to better team member retention and will ultimately give you a competitive advantage, more productivity, and fewer customer crises. Constantly communicate to all team members what's expected of them and how their role fits into the team's larger purpose and priorities. Put your people first and leave no one behind.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Brian : There’s a question here for the super-early-stage startups, those that are experiencing tailwinds: is the tailwind the end, or is it a means to an end? What I mean by that is, let’s say I’m an ed-tech startup that’s focused on some kind of product for home schooling.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

Properly harnessed, it can offer critical insights into things like your customers’ shopping habits or payment preferences, solidify your relationships and help your business become more agile, resilient and secure. The post How Using Data Can Help Small Businesses Stay Competitive appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I recently wrote a post noting that while the growth cycle of startups has clearly accelerated in the last 5 years, the number of truly monster new businesses (a company ultimately worth $75-100B) remains about the same … it’s a once in a decade sort of thing. February 2, 2012.

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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.&# A successful startup strives for this latter case. Successful startups don’t.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

When I work with startups on improving engagement, I really try to emphasize the importance of their most powerful lever: positioning. At IMVU , we would routinely find retention effects that would stem from registration changes and have impact days or weeks later. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2019

Jenny Blake: I was there for five and a half years, and halfway into my time there … During that five years, the company grew from 6,000 to 36,000 employees, and one major issue became retention. Jenny Blake: At first, I started to ask, “How can people be as agile as startups?” So you pivot.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Revenue is always my preferred measure, but you can use anything that is important to your business: retention, activation, viral invites, or even customer satisfaction in the form of something like net promoter score. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May. .

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usersknow.blogspot.com

APRIL 30, 2010

You need to have some sort of plan for testing to see how it’s affecting key metrics , whether those are revenue, retention, registration, user happiness, or some other number you care about. Come hear me speak at the Startup Lessons Learned conference in San Francisco on April 23rd. Like this post? Follow me on Twitter.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2016

” Since then, startups and growth marketers have latched onto the statement. Here’s a look at pirate metrics (AARRR) as designed by Dave McClure of 500 Startups … Image Source. Retention: Optimizing for the second, third, fourth conversion. Mark Zuckerberg famously said, “Move fast and break things.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And so this very agile, iterative process of bringing new technologies and prototyping systems. But we haven’t necessarily trained our acquisition people, incented them to have a greater risk tolerance that’s required for this agile development of emerging technologies.

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