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Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Steve Blank says "get outside the building," Eric Ries says "seek validated learning," Sean Ellis says "seek product/market fit," Drew Houston says "the only way to learn on a $0 budget is to talk to people.". You repeat these mantras at Lean Startup Meetings but you're not doing it.? founder Blogger & Twitter. "If

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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 20, 2010 Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup) The Wall Street Journal covers the Lean Startup movement in todays paper. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston. The article includes comments from Kevin Dewalt and Drew Houston.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods. I'm the co founder and Chief Impact Officer at Revolution Foods. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods. I co-founded Revolution Foods with Kirsten Tobey in 2006 to ensure quality food access for all children across the nation.

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Steve Blank vs. Steve Jobs

Seeing Both Sides

am co-teaching a class at Harvard Business School on entrepreneurship called " Launching Technology Ventures " along with my friend and colleague, Professor Tom Eisenmann. But Houston did not strictly follow the Blank/Ries paradigm religously. The class kicked off this week with two cases: Dropbox and Aardvark. What's going on?

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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Consider the method used by TPGTEX Label Solutions, a Houston -based software company that specializes in bar codes and labels for manufacturers and chemical companies. We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. Read the rest.

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Transcript of Creating Exponential Growth Through Hard Work, Not Magic

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the founder and chairman of ActionCOACH , and the co-author of a book we’re going to talk about today, Pulling Profits Out of a Hat: Adding Zeroes to Your Company Isn’t Magic. Probably the best example is that… Do you remember the movie, what was it called, The Founder, The Ray Kroc movie? Thanks, Brad.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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O-Port Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing.