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Amazing lean startup resources

Startup Lessons Learned

For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. for Harvard Business Revie. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Amazon PostRank

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. The only folks who invested in me were the ones who barely understood the business plan. for Harvard Business Revie. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Amazon PostRank

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. for Harvard Business Revie. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Startup Lessons Learned

Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down?

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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

When we’re talking about being disciplined, following our methodology with rigor, continuous improvement, there is no such thing as good enough. But when it comes to the specific of a product release, business plan, or marketing launch, all that matters is: do we have a strong hypothesis that will enable us to learn?

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. for Harvard Business Revie. Take a look and let me know what you think.