Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

For example, how are you going to explain that component drive architecture like.NET isn't going to work for cross platform open open source business models? However, they insisted on using a platform that totally contradicted their business model. I've seen cases where a CEO thinks they know tech.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

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. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. This presentation will empower entrepreneurs and managers to: -Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors. It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0,

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Ola: We have been architecting the global business model for B2B music streaming, moving the antiquated background music market into the streaming era to bring transparency, compliance, fair compensation and correct flow-through of royalties to artists and composers when their music is played in commercial spaces.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

Initially, IMVU sought to quickly build a product that would prove out the soundness of their ideas and test the validity of their business model. Moreover, approaching the problem from the direction that I had intuitively is a recipe for never reaching a point where continuous deployment is feasible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

On the one hand, I think they have an urgent problem, and need to invest 100% of their energy into finding a business model (or another form of traction). Eric - There is definitely a business/marketing analog to exactly this situation that happens a lot too. January 30, 2009 7:52 AM Mathew Johnson said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. Would have been nice to have this last year when I started my own business. A soft launch is a very good test to your business model, and allow you to fix bugs and optimize your products.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

It is not uncommon to see a team out of Utah, Texas or for that matter Finland with 8-10 developers build iPhone apps that get 10′s of millions of downloads and doing hundreds of millions of monthly page views. In addition it is much easier to get distribution than it was in the pre Facebook, pre iPhone world.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) In fact, I don’t think revenue is in and of itself a goal for startups, and neither is profit.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Whats needed is a disciplined methodology for understanding the needs of customers and how they combine to form a viable business model. I call it "if some is good, more is better" and it can cause us to swing wildly from one extreme of belief to another. Lets start with the "do whatever customers say, no matter what" problem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. It’s important to learn to see the whole system that makes our product work: human as well as machine, internal as well as external. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

Many startups don’t innovate at all in the product dimension, but use other kinds of innovation: repurposing an existing technology for a new use, devising a new business model that unlocks value that was previously hidden, or even simply bringing a product or service to a new location or set of customers previously underserved.

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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. Oh, and by the way, we still have to execute flawlessly.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

the business models to sustain and grow. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models. These business models might be focused on economic profit, even as they deliver key new technologies that increase quality of life.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 17, 2009

Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors. He will share the key principles of making sure you get your startup idea off the ground and stay on course. If you are an engineer with bright ideas, consider Lean Startup to build confidence while building your startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

That is the essence of proving the business in micro-scale. Well see if the marketing launch results follow the predictions of SlideShares validated business model. That is the essence of proving the business in micro-scale. In the meantime, good luck and thanks for letting us share your story.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

I love the business model. We went to Eric's second workshop and have since spent a ton of time implementing lean startup practices within our company. We are really looking forward to this.one day wasn't enough! August 9, 2009 10:28 AM Chris said. August 9, 2009 11:09 AM Anonymoussaid. Great idea.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

No business model, either. All my products and ideas focus on early cash and a business model that works from the first day. So, the idea of starting without a business model is good ? It doesn't matter what business model you have thought about, in the early day. And Google?

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