Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

Still, theyre not really hitting it out of the park, because their product isnt growing new users as fast as theyd like, and they arent making any money from the current users. Towards the end, I asked when theyd be able to make these changes, so that we could meet again and have data to look at together.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Tech: Blogs. To greet renters and hand over the keys, Hertz sometimes hires a stand-in through TaskRabbit, a Web-based company that matches time-deprived people in need of temporary assistants with freelance errand runners who have passed criminal background checks and are looking for extra income. And the money is nice, too."

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2012

Recently I critiqued a number of websites (links at the bottom of the post) and made suggestions for improving their conversion rates. It’s highly likely your website suffers from the exact same problems. ’ Your value proposition needs to answer this question: Why should I buy from you and not the competition?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Some might look at my tiny "5 readers" badge and laugh. They wanted to get their look just right before they showed it to anyone else - they would even pay money to do it. Eric, great blog. Its not always fun being small.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Many of my friends have been in the same position, so heres my best advice , below.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Movie: "Make Better Software" is a 6 movie course designed to help you as you grow from a micro-ISV to a large software company. Ironically, given the state of the economy, I think now is an excellent time for me to take my micro-ISV company to the next step. But this proposal isnt for angel cash investors. The gist: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

If it sounds simplistic, let me try and make the case that it is actually quite radical. I asked why. He obviously thought I was being dense, and told me "its not in my job description." It was my turn to be dumbfounded. The suggestion is that you implement one single company-wide rule.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

This is a variant of the time-quality-money fallacy , and it is not necessarily true. Heres my suggestion: dont hire for any job unless you have tried, and failed, to do it yourself. Is it time to make your first operations hire? Not in my experience. There are two complicating factors. That depends.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Check out my newest company. I started my first internet company while getting my MBA. I remember calling up my best friend to tell her I was starting a company but refused to tell her how the product would work. I knew that I needed to protect my ideas from people that could steal them. It was yet another Web 2.0

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

New Web Order. My own anecdotal evidence indicates that the number of tech startups being founded is on the rise again. Rather than reply to people who ask me via emails, I figure I plug any advice that I have gathered together into a blog post. Webmasterworld - A popular forum for web developers. 5th November 2010. #.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

« Back to blog. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. Our vision for LaunchBit centers around helping people get their web business ideas off the ground. Our vision for LaunchBit centers around helping people get their web business ideas off the ground. LaunchBit Home. Viewed times. Favorited 4 times.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you? Since my subscriber count has doubled again (thanks!), it seemed time to return to the subject of investigating who my customers are. Customer has a budget allocated to the problem or is otherwise trying to spend money solving it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 19, 2009 Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich I have a new guest post on GigaOm today, called Myth: Entrepreneurship Will Make You Rich. That doesn’t mean it’s not a worthwhile thing to do, just that it’s not a good way to make money.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Over the next 5-6 posts I’ll outline the process which I’ve now followed at several corporates and which I’ve honed to work with my own startup, Aroxo. Practically this means that you’ll outsource (most likely off-shore) your design and development, you’ll rent your servers, you won’t have an office and you’ll have no salary.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Heres an excerpt; some of my comments are below: One of the most gut-wrenching moments for a company is the rollout of a new product. Thats why some entrepreneurs are trying another approach to product launches: marketing a product online before spending much on research and development or inventory.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

(a guide for hackers) (This post was inspired by a conversation with Nivi from Venture Hacks , but is otherwise not his fault) There has been a proliferation of frameworks and metaphors lately that are designed to help startups avoid the all-too-common fatal mistake of failing to find a market. Is a market a set of paying customers?

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