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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. Similarly, 24% of all the patents filed in the US in 2006 had a foreign resident as inventor or co-inventor.

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Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization. This is just like a startup to me, complete with distribution and product development challenges, ecosystem design and many, many customers. On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization. Teaching at Berkeley (and beyond).

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

Product development deals in designs, which are fundamentally intangible. Team New Zealand designed the yacht that won the Americas Cup. When they tested improvements in keel designs, they used two virtually identical boats. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Then you set up a web app to co-ordinate volunteers who can wipe a hard drive and install Ubuntu. They are nerds. Good Post.

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A Different Kind of Entrepreneurship Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

This post was co-written by Sarah Milstein & Eric Ries, co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference. The conference is still designed to help entrepreneurs learn from each other. Mariya Yao has thoroughly practical advice for rapidly iterating mobile designs. Seriously leveling up tactics like A/B testing.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Its impossible to resist the urge to plug Virgin America as much as possible. Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups. You can see the design of the program here. Please leave a comment and lets discuss!

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Video update on the Startup Visa Act

Startup Lessons Learned

Without lobbyists or PACs, were getting the word out in DC and nationwide that we have an opportunity to act - this year - to create jobs right here in America by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. My big belief in the Startup Visa Act: Entrepreneurship is very much representative and symbolic of what Americas all about."