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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? But I dont think most startups really have a need for someone to do that on a full time basis. If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day?

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"What's Next in Tech" Event in Boston

Altgate

Some of the big ones are open source , cloud computing and virtual office infrastructure. The virtual office tools today are so impressive that you can source talent globally and simultaneously improve productivity while cutting costs–unthinkable 10 years ago. What has caused this improvement in capital efficiency?

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

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Social Discovery Is Pushing Search and Social Closer

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I signed into Bing using my Facebook account to search for “Boston Marathon training plan,” and I got a fairly standard page of results. Indeed, three of the five people displayed have run the Boston Marathon at least once, and one coaches charity runners. Want Your Startup to Succeed? ReadWriteWeb Recommends. Stay Home.

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Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Maples Investments Image via Wikipedia Steve Blank and I had the opportunity to create a presentation about lean startups for Maples Investments. My path to lean startups began with Kent Beck and extreme programming.

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OpenIncubate Launches in Austin, Boston and Menlo Park

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OpenIncubate, a new accelerator program focused on startups creating open source software and hardware, launched this week. The program is backed by Austin Ventures in Austin, Battery Ventures in Boston and The Valley Fund in Menlo Park, Calif. OpenIncubate is currently accepting applications.

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