Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 11, 2014

Guest post by Sarah Milstein , CEO of Lean Startup Productions The 2013 Lean Startup Conference was a hit on several levels, with many people telling us it was the most valuable business conference they’d ever attended. Quick Consulting , an evening event on March 27 in San Francisco. An in-person conference about remote work?!

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MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). But your community does matter. Your people, too. Authenticity requires imperfection.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. The business model.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

3 Rules for Building Features in a Lean Startup – [link]. 4 reasons why PR firms are taking over social media – [link]. Outstanding post by @imjustcreative on risks of hiring a logo designer based on Google results – [link]. How To Name Your Company – [link]. What Makes A Great Product Leader?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We’ll do this through a variety of ways like introducing new products and features to our website, and focusing on a variety of marketing strategies to grow and engage our community.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Joint PR/Ad study finds PR getting higher marks in social media compared to Advertising [link]. Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business – [link]. Latest @crowdSPRING creative newsletter: winning negotiations with clients, getting hired & more – [link]. Half Of U.S. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

So we were proud earlier this week to announce our program for The Lean Startup Conference , which comprises approximately 40% women and 25% people of color. Our approach was deliberate, and we want to share it with you, in the hopes that you can replicate it for other conferences and for processes like hiring where equity is important.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Sales Reps May Not Work – [link]. Beware the Nile perch – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Disruption Deficit Disorder – [link]. Steve Jobs’s Strategy? “Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff&# – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. Do you really need a full-time hire for that? Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. 4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Its a key lean startup concept. Other companies accomplish this by hiring a large staff of content production experts - and get a very good result. Most importantly, there is almost no niche or trend that is unserved by this community. Even as "just a user" you make the community better by adding momentum.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. What to do when you hire someone better than yourself…. |

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. Expo SF (May.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

It is incumbent on management to create and sustain an environment that leads to hiring, encourages quality work, rewards effort and accomplishment, treats workers fairly, pays an equitable wage, provides for basic welfare, respects families, supplies adequate work flexibility, and, importantly, celebrates the work itself. Thanks, Dylan!

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

This is actually a good time to consider creating a lean business plan so that you have the flexibility to change as you go. See Also How to Do Your Own PR If You Can’t Afford to Hire an Agency. Get to know the community. Etsy hired a third party research firm to gather data on the type of people who sell on their site.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Why Your Startup Shouldn’t Hire a Marketer from Microsoft – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. – [link].

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

As your business grows, you will likely need more and more time from your accountant and at some point you’ll hire a full time person to handle the day-to-day, likely combined with roles as office manager or finance (not to be confused with accounting). World class In-house UX is one of the most challenging hires you’ll make.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Good overview of lean software development – [link]. Some good advice about hiring employees – [link]. – [link].

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Good thoughts on why startups are struggling to hire people – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Geben Communication - [link]. Hiring for Lean Startups: The First Few Hires – [link]. Here’s Why I Think You’re Fine – [link]. Fail Your Way to Success – [link]. Outsourcing, crowdsourcing and crowdSPRING – [link].

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

The LP Community Hasn’t Yet Caught Up. They should start “lean.&# The Venture Capitalists can help these young founding teams scale their engineering departments, develop business development relationships, deal with onslaught of PR, handle executive management challenges, etc.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. The most important hiring criteria for your executives is cultural fit. As CEO, you are responsible for every hire. Until Fab reached 150 people, Bradford and I interviewed every single person we hired.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

You can’t walk a block in the downtown of most cities without seeing posters, signage, and other elements of guerrilla marketing plastered everywhere by “street teams” hired by big marketing firms. The goal here is to foster and grow your relationship with the greater community. It can be very effective (and low-cost) if done well.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

You can’t walk a block in the downtown of most cities without seeing posters, signage, and other elements of guerrilla marketing plastered everywhere by “street teams” hired by big marketing firms. The goal here is to foster and grow your relationship with the greater community. It can be very effective (and low-cost) if done well.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

I reached out to the entrepreneurial community, and they shared the business trends to avoid this year: 1. Outsourcing without having both solid marketing and sales plans mean you have hired someone to be Your Captain Wing It and his or her actions may cost you more business than you ever anticipated. The Rule Of Thumb.

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Eric Friedman

JULY 11, 2016

I remember signing up and giving some feedback to Ryan Hoover , who is incredible at interacting with his community. I am very thankful to the PH community for always asking great questions, submitting great feedback, and being open to participating in things I submit. What is Product Hunt?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. Too much PR, too early.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The output takes the form of events where portfolio execs can meet each other, online communities where they can share knowledge and blog posts and talks from experts to disseminate best practice. Value add strategies make partners at VC firms more personally effective.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

First Round became a very active investor in consumer internet and e-commerce, on a rather lean investment budget, with several notable exits (including Mint.com to Intuit in 2009 for $170M). but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). and no, we didn’t. Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 1, 2018

While most hiring managers are keen to concentrate on the achievements of the past, successful company leaders focus on the future.Instead of evaluating your company by its past, its more advantageous to look forward and convey the direction and potential of your business. 8- Be different and communicate effectively.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

I’m a big believer of lean startup. Sometimes the client hires you, sometimes they don’t. Thanks to Bryanne Lawless, BLND PR ! #17 However, all employees may not share the same passion and when you hire or if your employees have already been there for some time, they can tend to lose track of that end goal.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. Engineering focuses on building the product; it designs the product, specifies the first release and hires a staff to build the product.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

I reached out to the entrepreneurial community, and they shared the business trends to avoid this year: 1. Outsourcing without having both solid marketing and sales plans mean you have hired someone to be Your Captain Wing It and his or her actions may cost you more business than you ever anticipated. The Rule Of Thumb.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2017

“A pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision,” says Eric Ries , author of The Lean Startup. Although the product has changed and evolved over these years, the underlying vision—to enable better real-time communications—has remained unchanged. Starting the journey with a community tool. Why did it fail?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2016

You may need startup capital to hire someone to create a website, a logo, and other branding material, but as you don’t have any physical product, your starting expenses are negligible. ” Depending on your new career path, you may never need a formal business plan—a Lean Plan may be just fine. Hiring an accountant or bookkeeper.

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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.

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