archive tag game-mechanics 
Steve Blank
APRIL 27, 2009
set up a top secret, 800-person lab to do just that, first, to gather signals intelligence to understand the &# Radar Order of Battle&# and then, to wage “electronic warfare&# by building mechanical and electronic devices to severely hamper the Germans’ ability to target and aim their weapons. So the U.S. Reply Benjamin A.
Steve Blank
MAY 6, 2009
Filed under: Customer Development , Technology | Tagged: Customer Development , Tips for Startups « The Sharp End of the Stick Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions » 2 Responses links for 2009-05-06 « Blarney Fellow , on May 6, 2009 at 5:17 pm Said: [.]
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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli
MAY 2, 2009
Amazon Mechanical Turk Although I heard about Amazon Mechanical Turk only a few weeks ago, it has been around for several years already. in-game contests? We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. I stopped the trial after the three days.
Steve Blank
JUNE 3, 2009
Moore used client engagements as the mechanism for risk reduction before entering the vertical market. They both have offer startups a path of getting it wrong often and early without go out of business. The next Vertical Markets post will put all the pieces together. This approach works for software.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. And this is true outside of games.
www.chubbybrain.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
The lack of a single, “the buck stops here” leader until too late in the game. However, vesting schedules reduce the difficult negotiation to simply and mechanically exercising the companies pre-agreed right to repurchase stock at the price it was issued. No separation between the technology organization and the product organization.
Steve Blank
MAY 15, 2009
The extra rent they were paying on palatial digs would have bought six months worth of runway… Reply Cy Quick , on May 15, 2009 at 10:49 pm Said: The same mechanism operates with nation-states and empires. Lessons Learned N ew buildings are a distraction.
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