Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

If youre interested in contributing a case study for publication here, consider getting started by adding it to the Lean Startup Wiki case study section. But instead of channeling all my energy towards building new features, I channel roughly 80% of it towards measuring and optimizing existing features.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2017

Rob Sobers of Varonis confirms… Rob Sobers , Varonis : “While traditional marketing teams might appear to operate like growth teams in terms of the channels they use (SEM, content marketing, email, etc.), Growth Engineer. You have a product manager, an engineer, data scientists… you have leadership there.” (via CXL Live).

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. They would make commercials about a new book series, and then run the commercials at times when the TV rates were low (late night, UHF channels, etc) If they got enough orders, they then decided to print the series. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. That engine of creativity has led to a catalog of something like 2 million virtual goods authored by a hundred thousand developers. Leveraged distribution channels. Bring your questions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. So far, so good. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). Test-marketing is now easier than ever before, thanks to leveraged distribution channels like AdWords and Facebook. There are too many products clamoring for attention. Bring your questions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. Lets start with what I learned last time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook. Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. So heres the question that I pose to you - our startup helps software companies develop a scalable revenue engine in the form of software-specific hardware devices.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Given that most recruiting channels are pay-for-performance, its usually cheaper, too, because it has a lower conversion rate. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. If you want to expand your pool of available passive candidates, give a site like NotchUp a try. Bring your questions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Early this year, SlideShare launched custom channels. Designed for large businesses, the channels let a company share several types of documents, brand the channel with their own design elements, and then include display advertising, contest promotions, blog aggregation, social media integration and metrics reporting.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. As the channel gets more and more crowded, just launching an app in the store is getting worse and worse as a strategy for each new entrant. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Its like knowing the future.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

This model has not translated well to the world of social networking, because customers of social networks engage sites in a different way than customers of search engines. Those who have tried to build apps that exist just as glorified landing pages or marketing channels have generally failed. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to helping savvy entrepreneurs start and grow new businesses with resources, tips, insight and analysis. The channel is sponsored by TriNet. List Yours, Find Others' on This Wiki. startup tools wiki. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteStart.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In other words, the service transforms tweets into professional reports that are sent by snail mail, fax, and email - the channels that actually have attention paid to them. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. He was at todays event, and the Geeks on a Plane had a brainstorm.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 31, 2009

As you can tell from recent posts, Ive been experimenting with different formats and channels to try and find the best way to help. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. And today I am excited to announce a new experiment: the Lean Startup workshop. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

g2s The very abbreviated version of Customer Development (channeling Steve Blank ). Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Boyds ideas have inspired a lot of the principles underlying my work. once it launches. Startup Lessons Learned for Kindle Startup Lessons Learned - the conference.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 31, 2009

Know someone whod make a great engineer at a startup? Maybe location-specific "channels"? I'm finding many people coming to me with jobs, not to offer to me necessarily, but to say, "hey do you know any good designer/engineer/product person looking for a new opportunity?" Does this scale in any way?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

There are other models, in other distribution channels. Labels: iPhone , search engine marketing 3comments: Blake Engel said. Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas. Hey Eric, very interesting post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. Dont chicken out and do a closed beta; get real customers in through real renewable channels. I do agree on the point of knowing how to channel that marketing pr into hard cash.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

As I dug around, I was stunned to discover that I was hardly the first one to figure this out: my observations have been common knowledge among industrial engineers for almost a century. In these clearest of possible conditions the ship made a planned turn out of the shipping channel and didnt turn back in time. Post to Twitter.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? The level of engineering quality will vary. A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

As notification channels get stuffed full of these messages, customers tune them out (or platforms have to put in place dramatic limits on access). the fatigue rate of customers in that notification channel 2. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. It all depends on: 1.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If getting VC or angel money is one of the ways that will help you avoid failure, why not check out the free Funding Recommendation Engine here ? #20 But make it a wiki behind a paywall, we don’t need any more books, startups don’t have time to read alot of words, just use bullet points. 3 – Not the right team.

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ConversionXL

JULY 17, 2015

I would just use a simple A/B, but then leveraging the segmentation, too, as I think you both talked about, look at them before, look at the new versus repeat marketing channel, different segments of customers and how they behave. Peep: Any thoughts on the new Optimizely stats engine? So you can wiki that. You can look it up.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Because the book is chock-full of examples of how to do this in older industries, I will focus on my experience integrating NPS into an online service, although it should be noted that it works equally well if your primary contact with customers is through a different channel, such as the telephone. is usually asked on a 0-10 point scale.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Aaron Swartz made it into the Summer Founders Program with his flexible blogging/wiki software Infogami, which he had already been working on for some time. We were overly-naive engineers trying to solve a problem,” Phil says with a laugh, looking back on a time when the crazy set in. Save to read later. or copy the link. Next story.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Marketers know that when done correctly, content marketing can be a valuable marketing channel. Many marketers mistakenly believe that because an image was found on Google, Bing or another search engine or if it doesn’t have a copyright symbol, it’s probably not copyrighted. Can you safely use an image from a search engine?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Marketers know that when done correctly, content marketing can be a valuable marketing channel. Many marketers mistakenly believe that because an image was found on Google, Bing or another search engine or if it doesn’t have a copyright symbol, it’s probably not copyrighted. Can you safely use an image from a search engine?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Marketers know that when done correctly, content marketing can be a valuable marketing channel. Many marketers mistakenly believe that because an image was found on Google, Bing or another search engine or if it doesn’t have a copyright symbol, it’s probably not copyrighted. Can you safely use an image from a search engine?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

In fact, you cant go through traditional channels at all. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Startup Lessons Learned season two : Every post from the blogs second year in print form. Startup Lessons Learned for Kindle Startup Lessons Learned - the conference. Bring your questions.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Google App Engine. Search Engine Optimization Tools. Google App Engine â?? Check them out.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

They are largely invisible in the normal channels where customer service and community management pays attention. People arrive on the forums because they've tried going through the "proper channels" to no avail. It has channels to speak to but they continue to be closed and frankly rather rude.

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