Coder, Customer Development and Startup

How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. How To Build a Web Startup – The Lean LaunchPad Edition. One of the problems they run into is building a web site.

Lean

Lean Web Coder Business Model

Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

A startup is not just about the idea, it’s about testing and then implementing the idea. I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. In fact, it wasn’t even a startup.

Cofounder

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Though the notion of a “lean startup” that uses both Agile and Customer Development approaches is ostensibly strongly customer focused, the purpose of these methodologies is for the company to find an maximize its market, not specifically to optimize the user experience. I think he totally nails it.

Technology

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. Where we designed what we perceived to be a simple product they turned the customer development process it into a science. Turn Your Organization Inside Out.

Customer

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Back to Colombia: Vive La Revolución Emprendedora!

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

In this second cohort, Startup teams were selected from over 100 applicants in Colombia by SENA , a quasi-government organization that provides tech support, prototype labs, and mentoring to Colombian entrepreneurs. this may well be the most ambitious government-sponsored startup catalyst effort on the globe.

Colombia

Colombia Lean Silicon Valley Coder

Back to Colombia: Vive La Revolución Emprendedora!

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

In this second cohort, Startup teams were selected from over 100 applicants in Colombia by SENA , a quasi-government organization that provides tech support, prototype labs, and mentoring to Colombian entrepreneurs. this may well be the most ambitious government-sponsored startup catalyst effort on the globe.

Colombia

Colombia Lean Silicon Valley Coder

On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The upshot of all of this is that today’s startups can concentrate maximum time and resources addressing the problems they set out to solve. Just last week, start-up supremo Naval Ravikant of AngelList wrote how the “oversupply” of founders starting companies is making it harder to hire for the average startup. The Talent Squeeze.

Cofounder

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months. Glad you don't > develop software for space shuttles. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

Continuous Deployment

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, May 1, 2009 Lean Startup webcast post-game Wow, what an incredible turnout for webcast this morning, right on the heels of a phenomenal crowd at startup2startup last night. Its been a great twelve hours for the lean startup! Thats what gives startups their disruptive innovation edge.

Lean

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Paul Graham’s Startup Curve – avoid the “through of sorrow”! Growth Hacking comes to solve a very common problem in consumer startups: getting to the first x thousand/million users quickly once the product has launched and the hype has passed. First Steps in Growth Hacking for Startups.

API

API Viral Startup Retention

The maker/manager transition phase

joel.is

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Startups, life, learning and happiness. all articles • startup help • speaking. I hope these lessons learned can accelerate your startup success. The great piece is focused around two sets of distinct people in a startup: makers (typically coders) and managers (those with lots of meetings). Get updates.

Management

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Here’s my high-level approach for startups. No, I have many ideas.

Technical Review

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10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

It’s been slightly over two years since I attended Startup Weekend in September 2010, which literally changed my world for the better. Startup Weekend provided an absolute cultural shock to me. When I started out after attending Startup Weekend, I was a complete idiot. It’s startup life. Decisions are never perfect.

Netherlands

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

San Francisco

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. However, I needed to actually build it!

Cofounder

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder

Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. You, a creative guy?

Developer

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, February 28, 2009 Throwing away working code Lean startups work by systematically eradicating waste. This builds on a lot of great thinking that has come before, like the agile movements insistence that only the creation of working code counts as progress for a software development team.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

2010 – Sean Ellis, who currently runs Qualaroo , coins the term “growth hacking” in his article, Find a Growth Hacker for Your Startup. In the article, Andrew describes growth hackers as a cross between marketers and coders. Andrew Chen , Uber : “Startups don’t need growth hackers – at first. via TheNextWeb).

Retention

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How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Steve Blank, author of Four Steps to Epiphany , has helped formulate the thinking behind the Lean Startup methodology , together with Eric Ries. I had an opportunity to meet him during a discussion around the Startup Genome project. What would be the methodology for startups that simply want to flip? The focus is on building.

Lean

Lean Startup Agile Coder

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

Technical Review

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

Technical Review

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

Community

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StartUpRoar

How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Trending Sources

Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Back to Colombia: Vive La Revolución Emprendedora!

Back to Colombia: Vive La Revolución Emprendedora!

On deployment

Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

Why Continuous Deployment?

Lean Startup webcast post-game

Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

The maker/manager transition phase

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

What is the perfect startup team?

The cardinal sin of community management

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