Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. This time, Im discussing the challenge for corporate CFOs and VCs alike in holding entrepreneurs accountable. Read the rest here.

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Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Most of the times I have seen pitches fail, it is not because they are poorly written, or that the entrepreneur lacks passion. How does a lean start-up find the all-star team worthy of pitching? Expo SF (May. .

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

I have counseled innumerable entrepreneurs to change their focus to revenue, and many companies who refuse this advice get themselves into trouble by running out of iterations. This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167