Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Our engineers built a series of test tags, so you could quickly run a subset of tests in your sandbox that you thought were relevant to your current project or feature. We had a comprehensive set of unit, acceptance, functional, and performance tests, and practiced TDD across the whole team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

If youre emitting HTML, as 99% of all PHP apps are, its just so damn convenient to throw in PHP tags along with your layout tags, all inline on the page. PHP encourages one of the worst programming heresies of all: intermixing code and presentation logic in a giant mish-mash. In most cases, simple changes are simple to make.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

We change the code to have all of the queries identified in step 3 tagged with the apporpriate entity URL that they affect. ► 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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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Freemium models have their own scorekeeping.) The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution (part 2) « Steve Blank (tags: customer-development startup) [.] Others focus on acquiring early “lighthouse” customers (prominent customers who will attract others.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

(<30 sec) Write your local newspaper & tell them you support the Startup Visa Act Call your senators & let them know you support Startup Visa legislation Add the Startup Visa Widget to your blog or website Follow the #startupvisa hash tag on Twitter and voice your support Contribute to Startup Visa so we can spread the word!

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Next Generation Business Models Because a number of smart entrepreneurs realized the importance of lowering CAC, they created new business models such as Open Source, SaaS, Freemium, etc. Tagged with Business Model , CAC , Inbound Marketing , Low Cost Sales Model , LTV , Sales 2.0. Tags: startup metrics startupcto.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you haven’t figured out the ecosystem, growth is useless – whether it is a acquisition-only viral loop, like Tagged, or an advertising blitz like countless dot-bombs. This isn’t helpful either, as countless companies have shown. Let’s consider one last example, a sticky-growth company like eBay or World of Warcraft.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Most people are going to hear about the site for the very first time via an organic notification, when a friend signs up for the site (or tags them in a photo, etc). For example, consider a site like Facebook in its early days. No positioning exists yet in the mind of the prospect.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Migrating…lots of broken stuff Outsourcing For Startups → Switching Costs Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin I wonder if having a high switching cost is the evil twin of the freemium customer acquisition model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Or, if youd prefer to do it by video, you can upload to YouTube - just use the "startup visa" tag. Or, if youd prefer to do it by video, you can upload to YouTube - just use the "startup visa" tag. Weve created a place where you can tell your Startup Visa story anonymously if youd like.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

But its exponentially more engaging to have each person tag their friends in each picture, because the notification is so much more interesting: "youve been tagged in a photo, click to find out which one!" Those customers get prompted to tag their friends in their photos. Positioning ( the battle for your mind ).

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Reply O modelo Freemium para Startups – parte II » Manual da Startup says: April 14, 2010 at 12:09 pm [.] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Eric Ries and brantcooper, ralxz's Blogs. ralxz's Blogs said: Your Business “Driving Force” [link] [.] Essa é uma discussão polêmica e sem um claro consenso.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 31, 2008

They’re considered the “gold standard&# for the freemium model where you give away basic service and charge for enhanced features. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged 2009 prediction , 37signals , microsoft , startup. 37signals also has a great business model. Bookmark the permalink. … [.]

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

It is a mystery actually whether the tagging of application as hot/popular has to do with the number of downloads or merely from the usage statistic. If the rating in the App Store is based on usage, I am sure those popular social networking applications are sure to be in the top and the hot seat always. However, this is not the case.

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