Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. We can’t just diversify across industries or geographies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 5, 2009

instant messaging add-on - it’s not a category that exists in her mind. Heres a little taste from a story Ive mentioned on this blog a few times, but havent discussed in detail, about the decision at IMVU to abandon our IM add-on concept; you can also watch an excerpt on YouTube. I mean, it requires a lot of explanation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Even with only a few months of development, third parties have crammed every single category in the store full of apps. But even clicking through to see a screenshot and some reviews is incredibly time consuming, given the hundreds of apps in most categories. But from a customer experience point of view, Im not yet sold.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Diversity is not the only requirement for making good group decisions.

San Francisco 167

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Getting customers to see your service as #1 for a given category is what positioning is all about. Id only ever consider going to #2 on the list if #1 failed me completely. Thats how most of us are - we only ever consider the #1 provider of any given service if it is available. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Metrics 88

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

In the end, they fall into three broad categories: Vertcal partitioning. Many have been proposed, and I wont discuss them in detail here. I really enjoy reading stories of how people have tackled this problem. Two of my favorites are from Flixster and LiveJournal. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Youll need bundles, promotions, category and segment managers, and algorithms for upsell, cross-sell, and conversion optimization. If you have a non-trivial amount of goods for people to buy, they are going to have to find ways to sort through them to find the ones they want. In other words, a marketing department.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Those differences are actually predictable, and fall into categories, and those categories are called market types. A possible approach is to "steal" another job category. And yet, depending on who you talk to and what jobs you apply for, you may find an easier or harder time getting the job. There are four: Existing market.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Would love to have you include my referral platform [link] to the marketing category. I’d like to throw my hat in the ring for you to add [link] under the Project Management category and/or the Freelance category. that is tenacity! Reply Jeff Epstein , on March 1, 2011 at 7:53 am said: Thanks Steve!

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

We chatted with a panel of expert aesthetes in the space, including Spymaster designer Eston Bond , veteran creative director Rich Barrett , designer/developer Warren Benedetto , Mike Rundle of 9rules and Beak fame, and the Paul du Coudray Lowdown , the winner of this years Rails Rumble appearance category.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Yes, there will be a few who are truly just trolls for the sake of trolling, but your article gives me the impression that you lump a whole lot of "negative" feedback into the "troll" category. Given all this, I would submit that you still have more to learn in the community and communication department.

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