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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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What is a startup?

Startup Lessons Learned

And because both small businesses and startups have a high mortality rate, sometimes these images lead us to believe that any small business is a startup. And because both small businesses and startups have a high mortality rate, sometimes these images lead us to believe that any small business is a startup.

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Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups

Startup Lessons Learned

interesting post March 20, 2009 5:26 PM Small business web site design said. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. nice post April 2, 2009 11:00 PM web design India said.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

Its as if every customer, whether they are an enterprise, a small business, or an individual consumer, is actually an employer who wants to get things done. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. People dont want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!" Expo (and a call for he.