Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

That’s what former software engineer Jamil Khan has done with his new company, North Aware , in manufacturing its Smart Parka. Things like negotiating distribution channels and partners and how to handle market expansions. Trust a techie to reinvent how we do winter.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

You see, the current structure of the modern marketing stack leads to a large amount of data fragmentation. A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. How their product leaders and CMOs embrace the change adjusting product/marketing strategies based on new technologies. launched a contact management software.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2017

As technology continues to make data-driven marketing easier to implement and control, one thing remains constant: it’s all about the effectiveness of your team. Quick Primer on Growth vs. Marketing. In this worldview, there’s nothing fundamentally different about a growth role and a marketing role.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. This post is about choosing the right sales strategy and channels for your startup from the start. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. Step 2: Choose your sales channels.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009.

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Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. The resources required to start a company vary significantly , depending on the type of company and growth rate anticipated by the entrepreneur.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

So how do you make sure that your startup makes it through the first few years on the current market? was “lack of a market need for their product.” Smart startups first delve into an in-depth market analysis where they learn more about their target audience and its pain points. Develop a viable proposition.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It’s what will transform the current market and create new industries. Both cases will cause an increasing demand for highly skilled data network and software engineers. The 5G is round the corner, and it’s going to change our lives and market a lot. Anyway, it’s only a part of the truth to know. 3 Improved Innovation.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

A month or two before the QuickTime public announcement in May, the SuperMac hardware engineers (who had a great relationship with the QuickTime team at Apple) started a “ skunk works ” project. So SuperMac engineering also developed video compression software, called Cinepak. The software was idiot proof.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

As an aside, we recently incorporated into The WordSorters LLC, a full-service content marketing agency. Our current slogan isMastering Content Marketing. Thanks to Scott Harris, Mustang Marketing ! #3- 10- Name that juxtaposed two marketing ideas. We wanted something that juxtaposed two ideas related to Marketing.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. So Diego did what only a hacker who loves music can do — as a side project he built a search engine for MP3s – (2look4.com) These companies don’t have search engineers on staff.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. Jeremy Johnson.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. So Diego did what only a hacker who loves music can do — as a side project he built a search engine for MP3s – (2look4.com) These companies don’t have search engineers on staff.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder. startupcto

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Lessons to Learn By the time I joined Ardent I thought I was an experienced marketer, but I’ll never forget my first real lesson in what it meant to understand customers and product/market fit. For this startup we had assembled some of the best and brightest hardware and software engineers in the computer industry.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

MITX : Non-profit trade association hosting many events focused on digital marketing and internet business. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. Fiksu – Mobile App Marketing (backed by CRV).

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Being in a competitive space isn’t a bad thing — Google was like the 8th search engine to enter the scene and they turned out ok. This shows that you have thought about the competitive landscape and despite knowing that it’s competitive, you believe there is an opportunity for you to outcompete all other companies.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. Jeremy Johnson.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mike Evans. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Evans. Take The Marketing Assessment: Take the Assessment. More About Mike Evans: Hangry: A Startup Journey.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. HubSpot - Inbound marketing pioneer. Hack/Reduce – Big Data Hackspace.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But while you are small and lean, take advantage of everyone skills; if someone on your team is a great writer, have them take charge of your press releases and marketing content. Developer – Most likely your product requires some engineering. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I set out to address the environmental hazard of single use plastic bags and all the waste they were (and still are) by introducing a better solution, ECOBAGS®, to the market; a reusable bag made both ethically and sustainably. 8-Provide high-quality personalized marketing. I’ve always had a strong passion for online marketing.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A recent job posting by zlien , a construction industry software company, frames the product manager’s mindset this way: Do you find yourself staring at a complex world and identifying problems to engineer away? Are you passionate about creating great user experiences within a product?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 31, 2018

My partner and I joked about being night owls so it all came together to become Infinite Owl Marketing and Design Studio, our full-service marketing agency for content and creative strategy and execution. Thanks to Marialuisa Curran, Infinite Owl Marketing and Design Studio ! #3- 3- Combined names of our products components.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Without those open and yet expert-filled channels, it might have taken me many years more to correct my naivety and fill out my understanding of core topics.

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Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

You see, in addition to being a fine example of a veteran software engineering leader, my neighbor Dave Thomas is also one of the top trainers in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (or BJJ) that you will find anywhere.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Mellie Price (@mellieprice) | Twitter Heather Brunner CEO WPEngine Heather Brunner is one of the most successful tech CEO’s in Austin’s history, recently raising $250 million in funding from Silver Lake for WP Engine, the leading digital experience platform built on Wordpress.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

20:09) How Radu knew the site had hit product-market fit (22:07) Radu talks about the three times he's hit product-market fit with startups (23:09) Radu on making the first cinemagraph-making app in the app store. (24:44) 29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23)

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

But alas, she’s changing the world through another awesome channel right now, CODE2040. We launched the CODE2040 Fellows Program, which places top black and Latino/a software engineering students in internships, with five students in summer 2012. I’ve gotten to know CODE2040 as a Mentor, Panelist and Donor.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. I'm shocked that there isn't more discussion about channeling more dollars towards this inmportant institution. The dearth of trained computer science and engineering is crippling the growth of many Innovation Economy companies. It’s new businesses.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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