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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

MITX : Non-profit trade association hosting many events focused on digital marketing and internet business. Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. I’m listing instead companies that are A) under 100 employees AND B) adding >10 employees in the next 3 months.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

These salesmen used their insight into what their customers really needed to make the sale and then deliver something of even greater value. They are gaining valuable customer data. This approach is fundamentally non-scalable. Instead, each potential customer has to go through a self-serve process of signing up and paying money.

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

You can argue that the DNA created by Microsoft's over emphasis on distribution (Steve) and development (Bill), has ultimately cost it $50bn or more in lost revenue, market share and market capitalization. Developers have worn the crown for the last 30 or more years in the technology industry - rightly.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. "I am a creative guy with a startup idea."

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. No lying 3 Pitch the technical puzzles attempting to solve 99.9999% of non-technical founders/co-founders get 2 out of 3 of these points wrong. Cant wait for more posts on Techcrunch [link] ? How to have good startup? [.]

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Startup Resources

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. questions and answers for non-programmers. free, distributed source code control management system. BambooHR -Â Employee Records, Benefit Information, Payroll Data, etc. Customer Development. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources.