Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

In an enterprise sales context, this is called a "repeatable and scalable sales process" - once you know how to do this, your company can graduate from early adopters and make an attempt at the mainstream. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Whilst the average tech entrepreneur may lack some of the more business relationship, networking, and sales/marketing skills – they still need to have an entrepreneurial mindset, understand financial models, market factors, and how the business ultimately makes money. If yes, hire a contract developer. Thoughts on.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved. Step 1: Start with a lean plan. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Hire everyone you need as an employee. After being part of a team of five that co-founded a fairly successful company and still have the original team together after half a decade, here’s what I learned about having cofounders. Shoulder – not to cry on, but to lean on. You are the founder, the visionary, the uber-entrepreneur.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Even with the highest standards imaginable, theres no way to hire just genius hackers. This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Hire slow, fire fast” is not only overused–it’s also complete b t.” Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link]. Money on the Mind: Small Biz Financial Stories of the Week – [link].

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

These categories came from Yonder conference , a conference held to discuss just such challenges and solutions: hiring and onboarding. In short, these are the top 10 remote team management lessons I have learned: Find a way to meet at the same time. Hire those you trust. when to meet face to face. timezones and calendar issues.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

It was really great because when I got funded I was able to invite my investors in, I was able to invite my board members in to look at my business plan, to look at my pitch, to make comments on my financials, and because it’s in the cloud, you can track and plan your business from anywhere. Are you landing a big sale?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Cloud computing is almost infinitely scalable. Massive, cloud-based repositories of customer interactions, often called data lakes, are the raw source material for predictive analytics applications. Many companies have taken advantage of cheap cloud storage to stow away data for years— without even considering its potential use.

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