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Speak at the 2013 Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Publicists and those seeking PR and media attention should look elsewhere. * As you''re refining your talk idea, bear in mind this IMPORTANT point: when we refer to "the Lean Startup," we mean specifically the set of ideas that Eric and others have articulated for testing, validating, and learning quickly. Seriously. *

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Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business)

Startup Lessons Learned

Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. To be clear, though, this diversity refers only to diversity of opinion, not necessarily to demographic diversity. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Lessons Learned: What is a market? (a guide for hackers)

Startup Lessons Learned

Its important to understand how these companies see you: your resume looks like crap, your references are poor or nonexistent, and you dont have the mandated 10 years of experience in J2EE ERP CRM WTF. In the world of startups, this is like trying to sell a product to a very demanding customer who needs to see a lot of features before buying.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much. As always, I am continually amazed by the passion of the IMVU community. Eric, I agree with everyone above about referring to people who loudly voice their opinions as trolls. Desperately. REALLY NEEDS it IMHO.

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