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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? But all things are never equal.

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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

I thought of a name and settled on Kilimanjaro, after the highest mountain in Africa. Photo of the first online design in the library I shared my first design with my developer friend Eyesodike, who was then working for VISA as a developer. legal fees in the early stages. or give you this experience?—?in

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. I want to thank Techstars for putting this event together and giving me a chance to experience the scene, even if it lacks a name. Come to TS in Boston! Tickets are available now and include dinner. For what its worth, I like Silicon Mountain.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. Accept that many successful companies are going to want to be backed by big-name firms in other cities.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. Who doesnt want to see their name in print?

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Why startups need to constantly communicate with their customers

The Next Web

Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a partner at Seedcamp , an early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups through monthly Seedcamp Events, where entrepreneurs present their companies, network, receive mentoring, and compete for investment by Seedcamp. Seedcamp invests in approximately 20 companies annually.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. I also think you're spot-on with the solution - viewing spreadsheets as big holes to fill in with early learnings. Amazon PostRank