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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

But that’s not to say that every established company developing personal grooming products is operating risk-free. Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization. in ten years? Ok, nobody has asked this question yet.

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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

I’ve seen many times what happens when a single department get’s holed-up in its own space, like the terrifying “ operations cave.&# Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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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. Now your crappy resume and low-grade references become a strength: youre obviously not wasting money on marketing. Tough sell.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

It took hundreds of years for newspapers to learn to behave as worthy holders of this public trust and cover the news without fear or favour, and create a firewall between news and views and the ad-sales side of the operation. As always, I am continually amazed by the passion of the IMVU community. Desperately. REALLY NEEDS it IMHO.

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